D.C. police make quick arrest in fatal shooting
D.C. police have arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting early Sunday morning in Northwest D.C. Officers responding to the 1200 block of 11th Street NW around 2:25 a.m. Sunday found 24-year-old Jose Hernandez-Romero suffering from a gunshot wound. He later died at a local hospital.
The suspect, Alexis Pineda, 24, was “being restrained by witnesses to the shooting,” according to D.C. police. He was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed.
Police name suspect in officer-involved shooting
Montgomery County Police have identified the officer and suspect involved in a shooting Saturday at the Northgate Plaza shopping center in Aspen Hill.
Carlos Enrico McDonald, 32, of Silver Spring, was acting erratically Saturday when he entered a jewelry store in the shopping center that was closing and had no items for sale, according to police.
When Officer Donald Hayes later found McDonald in a parking lot, the suspect advanced at him with a large glass jug. After Hayes tried to use his stun gun, McDonald dropped the jug, armed himself with a jagged portion of it and continued to advance, according to police.
Hayes shot the suspect in his arm, leg and hip. McDonald was hospitalized and faces assault charges.
Hayes has been placed on paid administrative leave.
Food delivery man robbed in Silver Spring
A food delivery man was robbed Sunday afternoon in Silver Spring, according to Montgomery County police.
Four to five black males, one armed with a firearm and one with a knife, got away with an undisclosed amount of cash, the victim’s cell phone and a pizza, according to spokesman Paul Starks.
– David Sherfinski
