Overview
- Police say task-force officers patrolling after community reports of gunfire encountered a man with a gun in his waistband who ran when ordered to stop.
- A pursuing officer caught up with the man in the 1200 block of 47th Place NE around 8 p.m. on Nov. 17, where a brief struggle ended in the fatal shooting.
- MPD reports that a firearm was recovered at the scene and that body-worn camera video captured the encounter.
- The involved officer is on administrative leave under department policy as Internal Affairs investigates and the U.S. Attorney’s Office conducts an independent review.
- FOX 5 reports the victim has been identified as 25-year-old David Warren Childs of Northeast D.C., and the incident follows another fatal police shooting in the city days earlier.