- An unnamed suspect crashed near the the Trump International Hotel in DC following a police chase on Sunday
- The suspect was reportedly on the run following an assault with a deadly weapon linked to an armed robbery
- Five people, including the suspect and two police officers, were taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries
A suspect wanted for assault with a deadly weapon crashed into a car near the Trump International Hotel in Washington DC, injuring himself, a mother and her son and two police officers.
Police said the car crashed into another vehicle at 12th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, ending a police chase on Sunday. The crash happened four blocks away from a Syrian food, music and dance festival according to the Washington Post.
The suspect was on the run following an armed robbery with a knife at another part of the city. The car hit several other cars until crashing outside of the hotel.
The chase did not appear to be connected to Trump’s hotel or the festival.
Police cars surrounded what appears to be a white sedan which the suspect drove following an assault with a deadly weapon
Five people were sustained non-life threatening injuries from the crash outside of the Trump hotel in DC
There were 30 to 40 police cars outside of the hotel following the crash. The suspect does not appear to be connected to the Trump hotel or Syrian festival
All five of those injured were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, according to Fox 5. The suspect was taken away on a stretcher.
A witness told the station the suspect t-boned a car carrying a woman and her young son in the back seat.
The suspect is in police custody and his name has not yet been released. There were 30 to 40 police cars outside of the hotel following the crash.
It is not clear what charges the suspect will now face.