Police: Special Police Officer fires at suspects fleeing after robbing DC Chanel store
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) -- The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating after an armed Special Police Officer discharged their weapon while a group was fleeing a Chanel store. Officers responded to the store, located in the 900 block of I St., N.W. at about 5: 30 p.m. due to the sounds of gunshots. They discovered a group of at least six people entered the Chanel store, one of whom was armed with a fire extinguisher.
In a press briefing, Second District Commander Tatjana Savoy said the person wielding the extinguisher was using it as a weapon, deploying it to distract customers and workers as the rest of the group stole merchandise. One dead, multiple injured after crash involving tractor-trailer in Montgomery County [1] The group stole an undetermined amount of merchandise.
An armed Special Police Officer who was employed by Chanel fired a round while the group fled the store. There were no injuries reported and the shots "did not take effect," Savoy said. He was not a member of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Police said to look out for a White Sedan, and that more details would be made available after investigating.
MPD's Internal Affairs officials were on the scene to investigate the incident further.
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