U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was carjacked at gunpoint by three men while parking his car in Washington, D.C.'s Navy Yard neighborhood.
The longtime Democratic congressman was in the Navy Yard neighborhood when the incident took place at about 9:30 p.m., according to U.S. Capitol Police. The agency, along with Metropolitan Police Department, responded to the scene at New Jersey Avenue and K Street Southeast. The entire block is closed off as police investigate.for three suspects, described as Black men wearing all black clothing, in connection with the carjacking, MPD said in an alert.
"As Congressman Cuellar was parking his car this evening, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and stole his vehicle," Cuellar's chief of staff Jacob Hochberg said in a statement."Luckily, he was not harmed and is working with local law enforcement. Thank you to Metro PD and Capitol Police for their swift action and for recovering the Congressman’s vehicle."House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, D-Calif.
"DC’s Metropolitan Police Department is investigating an armed carjacking that happened around 9:30 p.m. in DC's Navy Yard neighborhood," Capitol police said in a statement."The victim has been identified as a Member of Congress, so the USCP has investigators working with MPD on this case. Injuries were not reported. Detectives are working to track down the suspects."The scene near the Navy Yard neighborhood in Washington, D.C., after U.S. Rep.
The carjacking also comes just two weeks after law enforcement officials held an open forum on Capitol Hill for members of Congress and Capitol Hill staff to discuss public safety in the surrounding neighborhoods. Cuellar is the second Democrat in Congress to be a victim of a crime in Washington, D.C., this year. Multiple staffers have also been attacked in the nation's capital in recent months.who was brutally attacked leaving the Congressional baseball game in June, and a member of Sen. Rand Paul's staff who was attacked in broad daylight in March.
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