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© Getty Images The Pentagon released a statement after an off-duty officer was charged with second-degree murder for shooting and killing two men in Maryland on Wednesday. Pentagon Police Officer David Hall Dixon shot and killed two men in Takoma Park after he said he thought they were breaking into a car, NBC Washington reported. The victims were 32-year-old Dominique Williams and 38-year-old James Lionel Johnson. A third man who was driving the car survived, but his name has not been released. ADVERTISEMENT Dixon was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of second-degree murder, reck...

Crime scene boundary tape. Getty Images 9 Apr 2021 The Associated Press TAKOMA PARK, Md. — Authorities in Maryland say they have charged an off-duty Pentagon police officer with second-degree murder in the shootings of two men outside a condominium building in Takoma Park. The Washington Post reported Friday that the officer has been identified as David Hall Dixon. He lived in the condo building. Police had said that Dixon told responding officers that he engaged with suspects of a car break-in. He said they failed to follow his direction and attempted to flee. A short time later,...

By DAN MORSE | The Washington Post | Published: April 9, 2021 WASHINGTON — Takoma Park police have charged an off-duty Pentagon police officer with two counts of second-degree murder for allegedly fatally shooting two men as they were driving away from an encounter with him Wednesday, according to charging documents. David Hall Dixon told investigators he opened fire after three men nearly ran him over in a Lexus shortly after he found them breaking into a car, but the investigation concluded the officer actually discharged his gun after the danger had passed, according to charging docume...

Investigators, however, reviewed surveillance video that showed he fired the shots “after the vehicle passed him and no longer presented an immediate threat that would have justified the use of deadly force” which resulted in the deaths of Dominique Williams and James Lionel Johnson. Chief DeVaul said although police confirmed the men had been breaking into cars, Mr. Dixon acted outside his jurisdiction. He was not in uniform and “had no lawful or justifiable reason to shoot and kill Mr. Williams and Mr. Johnson.” “Mr. Dixon was acting as a citizen when he approached these individua...

By Kristina Sgueglia, Mallika Kallingal and Evan Simko-Bednarski, CNN Updated 4:07 PM ET, Fri April 9, 2021 An off-duty Pentagon police officer shot and killed two people he believed had broken into a car in Maryland on Wednesday morning. (CNN)A Pentagon police officer was charged with two counts of second-degree murder Friday in the shooting deaths of two men in Maryland this week, authorities said. Officer David Hall Dixon was off-duty at the time of the shooting. He was taken into custody Friday morning without incident, Takoma Park police said. Dixon faces two counts of second-degree mu...