D.C. police shoot suspect who rammed patrol automobile, pulled gun on officers after pursuit, chief says

Washington, D.C. police fired on a suspect who fled the scene of a deadly shooting, rammed a police cruiser and pulled a gun on officers after a rapid pursuit early Friday, Chief Robert Contee acknowledged.

Officers responding to a double shooting that left one man pointless within the district noticed the suspect dashing far from the scene, in step with FOX 5 in Washington. Yet every other shooting victim suffered non-lifestyles-threatening wounds. 

The suspect, acknowledged as Daron Barnes, 30, then slammed exact into a police cruiser as officers tried to forestall him, FOX 5 reported.

He crashed soon after and as officers had been making an strive to extricate him from the car that had rolled onto its aspect, he pulled a gun on police and plenty of different officers fired at him, leaving him with non-lifestyles-threatening wounds, Contee acknowledged. He was handled at an home clinic. 

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It was now not sure if Barnes was notion to be a suspect within the deadly shooting. No hundreds of suspects had been at once named. 

Barnes faces prices including assault on a police officer and carrying a gun with out a license, FOX 5 reported. He was additionally wished on an excellent warrant for alleged domestic violence. 

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The man killed within the shooting was acknowledged as Eyon Falby, 65, a D.C. resident.