Rideshare Driver Assaulted in D.C. Thwarts Carjacking

WASHINGTON, D.C – A rideshare driver narrowly avoided a carjacking in Southeast, D.C. early Friday morning.

Just after 3 am, a rideshare driver was driving a customer at the 1700 Block of Potomac Avenue, when the driver was assaulted by the customer. After displaying a handgun and assaulting the victim, he demanded property from the victim and for the victim to leave the vehicle. The victim did not leave the vehicle, and the suspect took off with the victim’s property and the victim’s keys.

A nearby surveillance camera captured the suspect. This case remains under investigation. If you have any information about this incident, please take no action but call the police at 202-727-9099 or TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.