Mike Gill, a former Trump Administration official, is in critical condition after being shot during a wave of robberies in Washington DC earlier this week in which a man also died, the family of the injured victim reported this Wednesday. NBC News.
Gill, who is married, a father of three and worked at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission during the Trump Administration, was shot Monday night while
inside a car
in the 900 block of K Street, in the northwest of the city, Erica Richardson, spokeswoman for the Gill family, told NBC News.
According to the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department, which did not release the name of the victim, the attacker approached the parked vehicle on Monday shortly before 6:00 p.m. car and shot the driver.
In a message on the social network X, the capital's police published a photo of the suspect.
According to authorities, an hour later, the suspect fled on foot and attempted to steal another car occupied by a person around 7:00 p.m.
Ten minutes later, they said, the subject shot and killed a driver, Alberto Vasquez Jr., 35, and stole his 2016 Chrysler 200 car in northeast Washington, DC.
Vasquez Jr., according to authorities, who were cited by local station ABC 7, grew up in the Woodbridge, Virginia, area.
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The suspect then abandoned the Chrysler and took a Toyota Camry, which he apparently took from a driver in Montgomery County.
After that robbery, the suspect abandoned that car and stole a Nissan Rogue in Prince George's County, police said.
New Carrolton police respond to a rash of robberies committed by the same suspect, January 29, 2024. NBC Washington
Around 2:30 am, authorities received reports that a person driving a Nissan had fired at a Maryland State Police patrol car, without injuring the officer behind the wheel, the New York Post reported.
That same car, the newspaper reported, was involved in a shooting against a Washington DC police patrol car. In that case, a projectile hit the driver's door, but the officer was not injured either.
Finally – the authorities indicated – agents from the New Carrollton Police Department, in Maryland, found the Nissan around 4:30 am, in Prince George's County.
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According to the police report, the suspect approached two police officers with two firearms in his hands.
After being shot several times by the officers, the man was taken to a hospital, where he died, local officials said, cited by NBC News.
Commenting on Gill to The Hill, family spokesperson Erica Richardson said: "He has a wonderful sense of humor, no matter the situation. He makes friends with everyone and always looks for opportunities to bring people together and make friends." "Let them feel included and loved.
Her warmth and kindness have touched the lives of many
, which is evident in the outpouring of love and support her family has received during this difficult time."
Gill is senior vice president of Capital Markets at the Housing Policy Council, an attorney and a former member of the District of Columbia Board of Elections, according to a Housing Policy Council online biography cited by the outlet.