An employee of a Georgetown jewelry store is in critical condition after being shot during a daylight robbery Sunday afternoon, police say.
Two suspects — at least one of whom was armed with a handgun — entered Georgetown Fine Jewelry at 1265 Wisconsin Ave. at about 2 p.m. and shot the worker before making off with jewelry, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The victim remained hospitalized Sunday evening in critical but stable condition, police spokesman Quintin Peterson said.
Authorities are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the suspects. They are described as dark-skinned black men in their mid-30s. One was wearing a dark-colored sweatshirt and an orange turtleneck, and the other had a wheeled suitcase with a duffel bag on top of it. Police say they escaped in a white car in the 3100 block of N Street. Peterson said it’s too early to say if this robbery could be linked with others in the region.
In May, a series of pawn shops and a jewelry stores were robbed of jewelry and cash in a string of violent crimes in Maryland and D.C.
Anyone who may know the identities or whereabouts of the suspects in Sunday’s robbery is asked to call police at 202-727-9099.
