A police officer in Washington, D.C., was shot while driving to work on Monday, and two persons of interest were detained in Prince George's County, Maryland, authorities said.
A police officer in Washington, D.C., was shot while driving to work on Monday, and two persons of interest were detained in Prince George's County, Maryland, authorities said.
The officer was shot near 7th Street and Oglethorpe Street NW and suffered non-life-threatening injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department said. The site of the shooting was near the Fourth District police station at 6001 Georgia Avenue NW.
Police said the officer, who was driving their personal car and in plain clothes, saw another driver ahead of them driving erratically.When the erratic driver abruptly stopped, one person got out of the car and fired at the officer, who remained in their own vehicle.
The injured officer got a partial license plate number from the suspect's car and was able to drive their own vehicle to the Fourth District police station for help, according to the department. The officer was then taken to an area hospital for treatment for a non-life-threatening injury.
Police used the partial plate to track the location of the suspect's car, which crashed while being pursued in Prince George’s County, Maryland, according to police. Two persons of interest were detained.
Few details were provided about the injured officer, who police said was a captain with 18 years of law enforcement service.
Police said the circumstances leading to the shooting are unclear.
The investigation is ongoing.
In a separate incident, a dispute between women led to 11 people being injured in a shooting at a Georgia hot spot.
The shooting happened at the Gold Room Gentlemen's Club in Atlanta around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to police.
Police said a fight broke out between two women inside the club, and one of the women pulled out a gun and started shooting.
Eleven people were hit by gunfire, including the suspect, who was shot in the leg.
The victims were taken to local hospitals, and their injuries are not considered life-threatening.
Police said the suspect, who has not been identified, is in custody.
The investigation is ongoing.
In another case, the home of suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann was searched again by investigators.
Heuermann is accused of killing at least 11 people in the 1980s and 1990s.
Police searched Heuermann's home in Wharton, New Jersey, on Monday, but no new evidence was found.
Heuermann has been in prison since 1999 for the murder of Marie Kuhn, a 59-year-old woman who was killed in her home in 1986.
Police said they are still investigating the other murders that Heuermann is suspected of committing.
