Members of the Crime Scene Unit and federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) removed evidence during the execution of a search warrant after a U.S. Park Police officer was shot in Southeast Washington, D.C., United States, on March 24, 2026. The officer was shot while inside an unmarked vehicle on the 5000 block of Queens Stroll Place SE, around 7:30 p.m. Monday, according to Park Police officials. U.S. Park Police were in the area investigating an earlier incident. Park Police state the officer was working undercover in a white Tesla when two suspects opened fire at his moving vehicle. The Metropolitan Police Department interim chief reports the Park Police officer was the only person in the car and drove himself about a half mile from Queens Stroll Place SE to Benning Road SE near its intersection with Southern Avenue. 21-year-old Darren Foster and 22-year-old Asheile Foster, both of Southeast Washington DC, were arrested for shooting a US Park Police officer last night on Queens Stroll Place SE. Both suspects are charged with Assault on a Federal Police Officer (Gun).
