Suspect remains barricaded, continues to fire shots after shooting three DC police officers

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Suspect remains barricaded, continues to fire shots after shooting three DC police officers

The suspect is barricaded inside of a home and is continuing to open fire.

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Three police officers were injured Wednesday while responding to a shooting in southeast D.C., officials said, as the suspect remains barricaded in a home.

"All three suffered non-life threatening injuries," the D.C. Police Department said on X, formerly Twitter. "The scene remains active."

A fourth officer, who was not shot, was transported to a local hospital to be treated for "minor injuries," police also said.

The suspect is barricaded inside of a home and is continuing to open fire as of noon local time, according to NBC Washington.

 

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Animal cruelty suspect accused of shooting 3 DC officers had been charged with punching dog​

A man accused of shooting three D.C. police officers who were trying to serve him a warrant on animal cruelty charges faced eviction after his dogs menaced a 2-year-old, according to his landlord's account in court documents.

Police initially went to Rattigan’s home with a warrant to arrest him as a suspect in an animal cruelty case after an officer investigated a neighbor’s complaint in January.

When the officer went to the home on Hanna Place, it smelled of urine and feces, the officer wrote in court documents.

The concerned neighbor showed the officer a video that led to the animal abuse charge.

Only on 4: Police say video shows the suspect repeatedly punch a dog in the head.

Twenty adult dogs and 11 puppies were taken from the home after Rattigan was arrested Wednesday evening.

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Now, he's "charged with assault with intent to kill while armed, assault on a police officer while armed, and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence following the shooting of three Metropolitan Police Department officers and an hours-long standoff in Southeast DC."