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.
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.
