D.C. Metropolitan Police Have Charged Man In Tuesday’s Pistol-Whipping

Thursday, November 28, 2024, 4:15 P.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

WASHINGTON, DC.- A Tuesday night verbal altercation in Southeast, D.C. turns violent, leaving a man hospitalized and a 51-year-old man jailed after he was charged with the pistol-whipping of the man.

     According to D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela A. Smith, on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, shortly before 7:30 p.m., members of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District responded to reports on an assault on the 2700 Block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue in Southeast, D.C.

Police Find Victim And Suspect Within Minutes

     Upon arrival, Police Officers found a male victim suffering from multiple lacerations to his head. The victim told Police Officers that he got into a verbal altercation with a male suspect. During the altercation, the suspect became upset and struck the victim multiple times in the head with a handgun. The suspect then tossed the handgun in a nearby trashcan.

     The victim was treated at the scene by DC Fire and Emergency Services for minor lacerations to his head.

     Responding Police Officers were able to locate the suspect, identified as David Baker, 51, a short distance away. Police Officers also located the handgun and placed Baker under arrest.

     Accordingly, Police Officers formally charged Baker with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon; Carrying a Handgun Without a License; Possession of Unregistered Ammunition; Possession of an Unregistered Firearm; and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.

     Baker was processed on the charges and was remanded to the D.C. Central Detention Facility pending future court proceedings in the District of Columbia Superior Court.

“The rules of the court require us to include a statement that states: The charges outlined in this publication are merely accusations, and the defendant and or defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.”