After a shooting at Suitland Parkway and Allentown Road, the suspect drove off and later hit a car near the entrance to Joint Base Andrews. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.
A driver fired shots on a busy road, driving away before crashing into another car and critically injuring a man outside of Joint Base Andrews on Sunday afternoon, authorities say.
A driver traveling on Suitland Parkway near Allentown Road called 911 at about 1:40 p.m. to report a driver in a black BMW following their car and “firing shots,” according to a release from the Independent Investigations Division. No one was injured by the shooting.
Shortly after, Morningside police officers spotted a BMW that matched the dispatcher's description on Suitland Road.
The driver of the BMW was at the intersection of Suitland and Allentown roads, about four miles away from where the initial shots were fired, when he lost control and hit a Ford in the northbound turning lane. The crash was outside a Joint Base Andrews gate.
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Video taken after the crash shows a black BMW on top of a damaged, tan Ford sedan.
The male driver of the BMW then ran from the crash. He was later found by police and taken to a hospital with minor injuries.
There were three people inside the Ford. The male driver was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. The car’s two young passengers were treated at a hospital and released.
A loaded gun was found in the suspects’ car.
Police say the shooting was not random.
Morningside's police chief said his officers were not pursuing the BMW at the time of the crash and his department is cooperating with the investigation by the Maryland attorney general's Independent Investigations Division.
News4 reached out to Joint Base Andrews officials to see if the crash affected base operations.
Dashawn Redding, 31, of Suitland, is charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault, reckless engagement and multiple gun charges.
Redding was in court two weeks ago in a domestic violence case and was ordered to surrender any firearms in his possession, according to court records.
This is a developing story. Stay with News4 for more updates.
