Local
Tracking bracelet leads to shooting suspect
By: Bill Myers
Examiner Staff Writer
September 21, 2008
A court-monitoring ankle bracelet has led authorities to charge a Northwest teenager in the near-fatal shooting of a retired D.C. police officer, The Examiner has learned.
Lenny Webb, 18, of the 1300 block of Taylor Street Northwest, is charged as an accessory to the early Tuesday robbery and shooting of John Timbers. Timbers, who had recently retired from a long career in the third police district, was enjoying a cigarette in front of his home on the 5900 block of 13th Street Northwest when he was approached by two young men.
One of the youths held up a handgun and said, “You know what time it is, don’t you?” a police source told The Examiner.
Timbers reached for his service weapon and fired off two shots. The gunman fired one shot, piercing Timbers’ hip and causing damage to his internal organs. He underwent at least two surgeries.
Before going into surgery, Timbers told his fellow officers that one of his attackers was wearing an ankle bracelet given to offenders who are out on bail.
A quick check of GPS satellites led authorities to Webb, a police source said.
The hunt continues for the second suspect, who may have been wounded in the shootout, the source said. Police found a blood trail leading from the scene and going down the street.
Authorities believe the missing gunman may have been a schoolmate of Webb’s, the source said.
Timbers is on the mend, his union chief, Kris Baumann, told The Examiner.
“Thank God he’s going to be all right,” Baumann said. “And thank God he was able to defend himself.”
Lenny Webb, 18, of the 1300 block of Taylor Street Northwest, is charged as an accessory to the early Tuesday robbery and shooting of John Timbers. Timbers, who had recently retired from a long career in the third police district, was enjoying a cigarette in front of his home on the 5900 block of 13th Street Northwest when he was approached by two young men.
One of the youths held up a handgun and said, “You know what time it is, don’t you?” a police source told The Examiner.
Timbers reached for his service weapon and fired off two shots. The gunman fired one shot, piercing Timbers’ hip and causing damage to his internal organs. He underwent at least two surgeries.
Before going into surgery, Timbers told his fellow officers that one of his attackers was wearing an ankle bracelet given to offenders who are out on bail.
A quick check of GPS satellites led authorities to Webb, a police source said.
The hunt continues for the second suspect, who may have been wounded in the shootout, the source said. Police found a blood trail leading from the scene and going down the street.
Authorities believe the missing gunman may have been a schoolmate of Webb’s, the source said.
Timbers is on the mend, his union chief, Kris Baumann, told The Examiner.
“Thank God he’s going to be all right,” Baumann said. “And thank God he was able to defend himself.”
