Active man hunt involving hundreds of local and federal officers. We consider this man to be armed and dangerous. Jeff police say the 42yearold Wossen Assaye was under observation at inova hospital after a Suicide Attempt several days ago at the alexandria city jail where he was facing charges related to a dozen local bank robberies. At 3 00 a. M. Accident he managed to get loose grabbing by the females gun followed by a male officer firing a shot. Assaye escaped through the hospital as the neighboring areas went into lockdown. Police say he later snuck into the trunk of a car at a nearby apartment complex. I dont know if the car was opened or still had to force his way in. Jeff the cars owner was soon on her way to work only to find assaye kicking in her back seat from inside the trunk. The car finally coming to a stop off backlick road. The female driver suffering minor physical injuries. She was screaming like crazy in the front seat. And as the car rolled back down i thought someon
This story from elkridge, maryland. Reporter Howard County police said the deadly incident at the nsa began with an suv stolen from a motel somewhere along route 1. Tonight wusa9 has learned this is the motel where the entire incident began when two men dressed as women stole that suv and took off in it. A source who was at the Terrace Motel this morning says a man who could be considered the days first victim checked in around 7 30 a. M. Barely an hour later that man emerged from his room screaming that two transvestites had stolen his suv. Howard county dispatch confirms receiving a 911 call about a stolen vehicle about that time from the hotel. 10 miles away less than an hour later this was the scene outside the gates of the National Security agency at ft. Meade. The driver of the suv an nsa officer and the suvs passenger were both wounded. Now investigators from the fbi and nsa and local police are trying to piece together what happened. Nsa police say the two men in the suv both d
Understanding with the female contract guard sort of as a shield and at some point released her. Reporter assaye, a bank robbery suspect, was being watched by two private guards hired by the marshal service. A man and a woman. When the male guard went to the bathroom assaye made his move. In bare feet wearing only a hospital gown. At a residence near the hospital assaye breaks into the trunk of a womans car. When she gets behind the car and starts to drive to work he kicks in the back seat. She crashes the car. She gets out and he drives off in it. At this point, the search is ramped up. Feds locals snaking their way to this annandale neighborhood looking for any trace, for anything that might lead them to this fugitive. Assaye they say, drives the stolen car into this womans garage. Here he gets clothes and food. It appears that he drove the car into our garage parked there, it looked like there was a flat tire that he wanted to change and he went through my entire house, which was mo
Locked down for hours, employees shuttled in from a nearby school. This is my first day here at fairfax. Were always ready for stuff like this. We train for stuff like. This. Reporter at some pint assaye cousinned point assaye dumped the camry and got some clothes to cover his gown. For nine hours hundreds of heavily armed Fairfax County police, state police, fbi, u. S. Marshals hunted him converging on every possible sighting. A little scary. You look out your window and see all these police cars with policemen and their big guns. A little frightening, yeah, especially for my wife. Reporter how he ended up on a d. C. Bus still a mystery. The u. S. Marshal says hes reviewing procedures that have security for prisoners, federal prisoners, handed off to private security guards at the hospital, he wants to prevent this from ever happening again. Live from u. S. Federal court in alexandria, bruce leshan, wusa9. You can view all of todays Court Documents on our website at www. Wusa9. Com. A
A hospital gurney. The socalled bicycle band its was somehow able bandit was somehow able to overcome one of two private security guards assigned to watch him, wrestle away her gun and use her as a shield while the other guard fired a single shot at him inside Inova Fairfax hospital. He was shackled. I heard a large crash and a lady screaming. Reporter he allegedly carjacked two different people in Fairfax County, one just blocks from the hospital, the other in a nandale. He burst out of a womans trunk and into her back seat while she was driving. She was standing here you need to call police, 911. Reporter for nine hours hundreds of heavily armed Fairfax County police, the state police, the fbi, the u. S. Marshals hunted him, converging on every possible sighting. A little scary. You look out your window and see all these police cars with policemen and their big guns. Reporter how he ended up on a bus in d. C. Still a mystery. He was talking to himself. He was cursing. Really nutty cr