Man arrested after NE shooting, chase
This post was updated at 9:20 a.m.
Police arrested a suspect in a Northeast D.C. shooting after a brief car chase that ended when the man crashed in Alexandria, police said.
The 39-year-old suspect shot another man in the leg near 60th and Dix streets at about 1:30 a.m., police said.
The suspect then fled in a BMW before crashing near Route 1 and I-495. A weapon was recovered from the man, police said.
The shooting victim was transported to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
-- Mike McPhate
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Mike McPhate
| June 4, 2010; 7:12 AM ET
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Posted by: Jimof1913 | June 4, 2010 10:33 AM | Report abuse
OR.... Eastern Ave to East Capital to 295 across WW then crash at 495 and route 1....either way wasnt a brief chase at all
Posted by: usc932000 | June 4, 2010 12:28 PM | Report abuse
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60th and Dix streets NE to Alexandria VA. The most direct route would be Southern Ave to South Capital St to Indian Highway (router 210) to I-495 across the Woodrow Wilson Bridge to Route 1. Not exactly a brief chase.