IHOP shooting suspects sought
D.C. police are looking for two people in connection with a Sunday morning shooting at a Columbia Heights IHOP.
Police were called to the pancake house on the 3100 block of 14th Street at about 6:51 a.m. Sunday morning for reports of a fight inside the restaurant. A male victim was shot during the altercation. He was taken to a local hospital and is in critical condition, according to police.
Both culprits, which police only described as a man and a woman, were last seen walking on Irving Street NW. Anyone with more information is asked to call the Metropolitan Police at 202-727-9099.
Petworth restaurant shuttered after stabbing
D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier on Sunday morning ordered a Petworth restaurant to stayed closed after a stabbing there the day before.
Police had closed the Island Cafe, located at 829 Upshur Street NW, on Saturday after a fight between two men broke out at 2 a.m. that morning. One of the men was stabbed in the stomach, according to police, who were unaware of his condition.
Lanier’s order shutters the restaurant for up to 96 hours while the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board reviews the incident.
Montgomery County psych ward patient arrested for bank robbery
A man charged with robbing a bank in Frederick had been released from a psychiatric ward in Montgomery County hours before his arrest.
Andrew Thomas Schultz, 25, was being treated for a cocaine addiction, according to the Frederick News-Post. Less than 24 hours after checking out of the facility on Thursday, Schultz was tracked down and arrested for robbing a Suntrust Bank in Frederick, police said.
Schultz’s father told the Post his addiction to cocaine caused the incident. Police would not comment on his medical condition.
– Ben Giles
