Police seek help in two shootings, a burglary and a scooter attack across D.C.

By Rosa Montclair

WASHINGTON — The Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the public’s help with four unsolved cases from the past seven weeks, two of them shootings, and with a fatal motorcycle crash on Suitland Parkway. Rewards of up to $10,000 are available in the violent cases.

No arrests have been announced in any of the cases. MPD asks anyone who can identify the people shown in its photos and videos to take no action and call police at (202) 727-9099 or text tips to 50411.

Harvard Street shooting

On Wednesday, Oct. 21, at about 12:42 p.m., Third District officers responded to the 1300 block of Harvard Street NW for a reported shooting and found evidence of gunfire, according to MPD. No injuries were reported. Police are seeking a person of interest in what they are investigating as an assault with a dangerous weapon (gun) and felony destruction of property. The reward is up to $10,000. CCN: 26151007.

9th Street shooting

Three adult men were wounded in a shooting outside in the 1900 block of 9th Street NW at about 3:06 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13, police said. All three were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening. MPD has released video of a suspect and is offering up to $10,000. CCN: 26130403.

Barnaby Road burglary

On Sept. 20 at about 3:18 p.m., suspects entered an establishment in the 4200 block of Barnaby Road SE, took property and fled, according to MPD. Police released video and photos of one of the suspects. The reward is up to $1,000. CCN: 26134953.

Mount Pleasant Street scooter attempt

On Monday, Sept. 7, at about 11:25 a.m., a person sitting on a scooter at a traffic light in the 3400 block of Mount Pleasant Street NW was pushed off it by a suspect who then tried, unsuccessfully, to ride away on it, police said. The suspect fled on foot, and the victim was not injured. MPD titled the case an unarmed carjacking. The reward is up to $1,000. CCN: 26127261.

Fatal Suitland Parkway crash

MPD’s Major Crash Investigations Unit is investigating a single-vehicle motorcycle crash reported at about 10:40 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, at Suitland Parkway and Stanton Road SE, according to the department. Officers found the motorcycle that night but not its operator. Officers found the operator during a daylight search the next day, and the operator was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said a preliminary investigation found that the motorcyclist was traveling at an accelerated speed when the operator lost control, struck a guardrail and was ejected. MPD identified the operator as Francisco Benavides, 18, of Southeast. Police ask anyone with information to call. CCN: 26149232.

The $10,000 rewards apply to information leading to an arrest and conviction in a violent crime, and the $1,000 rewards to information leading to an arrest and indictment, according to MPD.

The Inquisitor is seeking comment from the Metropolitan Police Department, the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice, Ward 1 Council member Brianne Nadeau’s office, Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1B and the District Department of Transportation.