The Metropolitan Police Department arrested a suspect who discharged a firearm at a rideshare vehicle in Northeast.
On Monday, May 6, 2024, at approximately 8:06 a.m., the victim, a rideshare driver, reached the suspect’s drop-off location in the 2000 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northeast. As the suspect was exiting the vehicle he produced a gun and shot at the vehicle. The victim drove away and called the police from a safe location. The victim’s vehicle was struck multiple times, but the driver was not injured.
On Wednesday, July 24, 2024, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, members of the MPD’s Fugitive Unit took custody of 28-year-old Sean Butler, of Southeast, DC, from a local Virginia detention center. Butler went through the extradition process and was returned to Washington, DC. He was charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun).
CCN 24067779
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