Men Wanted in Shaw Robbery, Mt. Pleasant Burglary Caught on Video

A man sought in a gas station hold-up in Shaw and another man wanted in a violent break-in in Mount Pleasant this month have appeared in surveillance footage, police said.

The armed robbery happened in the Valero at 420 Rhode Island Ave. NW Tuesday morning. The burglary occurred in a house on the 1600 block of Irving Street NW the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 18.

Video police distributed today in connection with the robbery shows a man in a green hooded sweatshirt pulling a gun on a gas station attendant and eventually leaving the scene with cash in his pocket.

Another video, which cops released today in connection with the burglary, shows a man wearing a black cap and carrying a suitcase while walking around Mount Pleasant and getting on a bus.

In the burglary, a man burst into a home and threw a woman inside onto her bed before he made off with thousands of dollars of electronics.

Anyone who can identify these individuals or who has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police at (202) 727-9099 or text your tip to the Department’s TEXT TIP LINE at 50411.