Argument Leads To Victim Struck With Metal Cylinder in D.C., Suspect Arrested

Handcuffs used during police arrest.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington, D.C. Metro Police Department has made an arrest in an incident with a metal cylinder that left one man injured on Monday.

At 10 pm, the victims and suspect became engaged in an argument at the 1500 Block of Park Road in Northwest D.C. During the exchange, police said the suspect “struck one of the victims with a metal cylinder. The suspect was apprehended by responding officers.”

The victim was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

52-year-old Dewon Deon Barnes of D.C on Monday was arrested and charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon.

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