Wanted Video | Robbery Suspects Shot Armed Carjacker in Chinatown

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

The Metropolitan Police Department is asking for the community’s assistance in identifying suspects involved in a shooting that occurred during a robbery in Chinatown. The shooting victim was arrested for a carjacking that occurred immediately following the shooting.

On Saturday, May 24, 2025, at approximately 4:10 p.m., First District officers responded to the intersection of 7th and H Street, Northwest, for the report of a shooting. Officers located a crime scene, but no shooting victim.

Moments later, officers received a call for an Armed Carjacking in an alley to the rear of the 400 block of H Street, Northwest. The suspect approached the victim and attempted to take control of the victim’s moped but was unsuccessful. The suspect was located in the 400 block of Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, and placed under arrest. The suspect was suffering a gunshot wound and transported to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. 20-year-old Charnell Whitfield, of Southeast, DC, was charged with Armed Carjacking (Gun). CCN: 25077316

The detectives’ investigation revealed that prior to the carjacking, Whitfield was approached by two suspects at 7th and H Streets, Northwest. The suspects demanded property at gunpoint and fired a gunshot. The suspects took property from Whitfield and then fled the scene. Whitfield then fled to the 400 block of H Street where the carjacking occurred. CCN: 25077498

The suspects in the shooting and robbery were captured by surveillance cameras and can be seen in the photos below and in this video.

Anyone who can identify these suspects 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. The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $10,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a violent crime committed in the District of Columbia.