A police officer shot a man twice in Southeast D.C. on Friday after he refused to drop a gun, police said.
The Metropolitan Police Department was called at 7 p.m. after a reported domestic assault. The shooting took place in the 2000 block of Mississippi Avenue SE.
The man shot is Rahman Mills, 29, of Southeast.
Police say Mills, the suspect in the attack, brutally assaulted a woman inside a home on Savannah Street near where the shooting took place. The man was armed with a gun when an argument escalated into assault, police said.
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Mills is charged with aggravated assault, assault with a dangerous weapon, possession of an unregistered firearm, assault on a police officer and resisting arrest.
When police arrived on the scene, Mills allegedly fled and pulled out a gun. The officer who shot the suspect said he shot the man when he refused to drop his weapon.
“The officer gave multiple, multiple commands for this same individual to drop the firearm. This individual did not comply. The officer discharged at least one shot, striking the subject,” Assistant Chief Andre Wright said. “The officer then began to give more multiple commands to this individual to drop the firearm. He would not drop the firearm. The officer then discharged his weapon one more time, striking him a second time."
Mills' weapon was recovered by police, the department said. He was being treated at a hospital for not life-threatening injuries and was expected to survive.
Police said they were in the process of reviewing body camera footage. The officer who shot the suspect was placed on administrative leave.
