Suspect wanted in Metro assault arrested after chase through Prince George's County

A Metro assault suspect’s escape turned into a cross-jurisdiction chase that moved from Northeast D.C. into Prince George’s County, putting drivers on Hampshire Avenue Northeast, Rittenhouse Street Northeast and near New Hampshire Ave and Eastern Ave at risk before police closed in and made an arrest.

U.S. Park Police said they were called around 3:30 p.m. to help Metro Transit Police after officers identified the driver as a wanted suspect in an assault with a deadly weapon. During the pursuit, investigators said, the driver intentionally struck a U.S. Park Police cruiser. The cruiser suffered only cosmetic damage, and no one was hurt.

The chase ended when the suspect ditched the car in the area of Hampshire Avenue Northeast and Rittenhouse Street Northeast. Officers arrested him a short time later near New Hampshire Ave and Eastern Ave with helicopter support. Police said he was charged with felony assault.

The pursuit immediately recalled the recent violence around Prince George’s County’s Metro stations, where a separate attack outside Addison Road Metro station left Stanley G. Hutchinson III, 61, dead and another man, 45, injured. Metro Transit Police arrested and charged 30-year-old Nocholas A. Duncan with first-degree murder and second-degree murder in that case, and investigators temporarily closed the station while they collected evidence, including a pipe that appeared to be the potential murder weapon.

Transit police said Duncan did not use the Metro system before that attack. Blue and Silver Line trains bypassed Addison Road during the investigation, underscoring how one violent act can disrupt daily travel far beyond the crime scene.

The new chase also lands against a hard backdrop for Prince George’s County. WUSA9 reported three police pursuits in the county within about a month in early 2025 ended in bystander deaths, a record that has sharpened scrutiny of pursuit policy, coordination between agencies and the risks that unfold when officers follow a suspect onto crowded roads.