U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was the sufferer of an armed carjacking Monday night time in Washington, D.C., Fox Information Digital confirmed.
The longtime Democratic congressman was within the Navy Yard neighborhood when the incident passed off at about 9:30 p.m., in keeping with U.S. Capitol Police. The company, together with Metropolitan Police Division, responded to the scene at New Jersey Avenue and Okay Road Southeast. The complete block is closed off as police examine.
Police are looking out for 3 suspects, described as Black males carrying all black clothes, in reference to the carjacking, MPD stated in an alert. Cuellar’s stolen car, a white Honda CHR, has since been recovered.
“As Congressman Cuellar was parking his automotive this night, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and stole his car,” Cuellar’s chief of workers Jacob Hochberg stated in an announcement. “Fortunately, he was not harmed and is working with native regulation enforcement. Thanks to Metro PD and Capitol Police for his or her swift motion and for recovering the Congressman’s car.”
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U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was carjacked at gunpoint Monday night time in Washington, D.C. (AP Picture/Mariam Zuhaib)
Home Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., was noticed on the location of the crime with Cuellar as Capitol police had been processing the scene and taking an announcement from Cuellar.
“DC’s Metropolitan Police Division is investigating an armed carjacking that occurred round 9:30 p.m. in DC’s Navy Yard neighborhood,” Capitol police stated in an announcement. “The sufferer has been recognized as a Member of Congress, so the USCP has investigators working with MPD on this case. Accidents weren’t reported. Detectives are working to trace down the suspects.”
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The scene close to the Navy Yard neighborhood in Washington, D.C., after U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was carjacked at gunpoint by three males Monday night time. (Fox Information/Tyler Olson)
Monday’s incident made Cuellar the second Democrat in Congress to change into a sufferer of crime within the nation’s capital this yr. In February, Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig was attacked in an elevator at her condo constructing earlier than combating off her attacker.
The carjacking additionally comes simply two weeks after regulation enforcement officers held an open discussion board on Capitol Hill for members of Congress and Capitol Hill workers to debate public security within the surrounding neighborhoods.
Cuellar is the second Democrat in Congress to be a sufferer of a criminal offense in Washington, D.C., this yr. A number of staffers have additionally been attacked within the nation’s capital in current months. (Fox Information/Tyler Olson)
A number of congressional staffers have been victims of crime within the district this yr, together with considered one of U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad’s workers members who was brutally attacked leaving the Congressional baseball recreation in June, and a member of Sen. Rand Paul’s workers who was attacked in broad daylight in March.
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