2026-01-09 · Washington, DC, DC

MPD aggravated-assault case says suspect allowed dog to bite victim

Metropolitan Police said a second suspect allowed his dog to bite the victim during an aggravated assault investigation.

Nonfatal / dog bite during assaultBreed: UnknownSource status: Public report / official or local media reporting

Incident summary

Metropolitan Police said a second suspect allowed his dog to bite the victim during an aggravated assault investigation.

Source language / attribution

Metropolitan Police said a second suspect allowed his dog to bite the victim during an aggravated assault investigation.

Breed attribution

Breed is recorded only when explicitly described in the reviewed source; otherwise BiteDB records unknown / not reported.

Victims and dogs involved

Legal / animal-control status

Publicly reviewed sources did not establish a final court or animal-control disposition unless noted in the summary.

Confidence note

Added during the state-minimum scrub from a current public report or official/publicly indexed source. Location is approximate and breed is not inferred.

Sources

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