Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced an additional arrest has been made in an Assault With Intent to Kill while Armed offense that occurred on Thursday, January 21, 2021, in the 100 block of L Street, Northeast.
At approximately 4:55 pm, members of the Fifth District were patrolling at the listed location when they observed two subjects fighting. As officers approached to intervene, the suspect fled the scene. The victim, an adult male, was suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and transported the victim to a local hospital for treatment of life threatening injuries. The suspect was apprehended by Fifth District officers. A firearm was recovered on the scene.
On Thursday, February 4, 2021, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, members of the Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 23 year-old Antwaun Cousart, of Northeast, DC. He has been charged with Assault With Intent to Kill while Armed.
On Thursday, January 21, 2021, a 28 year-old adult male, of Southwest, DC, was arrested and charged with Assault With Intent to Kill while Armed.