WASHINGTON — The Metropolitan Police Department has released the identity of a man who they say is the suspect wanted for a road rage incident where a woman and her child were shot in a vehicle back in May.
Kenneth Miles Davis Jr., 42, of Lanham, Maryland is the suspect wanted by DC Police after authorities said he was seen in a video getting out of a car, taking out a gun, and firing.
According to police, the incident happened back on May 19 in the 1600 block of Eastern Avenue NE. In a video released by DC Police, Davis was seen allegedly getting out of a Maserati, taking out a gun, and firing multiple times – shooting at a woman and her child inside a car. The woman was shot and later crashed her vehicle, police said.
Davis is seen in the video moving backward as he shoots, eventually pointing the gun in the other direction before getting back in his car and simply driving away.
DC Police have been searching for Davis and his vehicle since it happened, just after 5 p.m. back on May 19. The woman, who has not yet been identified by police, survived. DC Police said the two young children in her car were not hit by gunfire but did suffer some cuts from the glass.
During a news conference on Wednesday, DC Police Chief Robert Contee told WUSA9's Kolbie Satterfield that a lot of help has come from the community and is asking for people to continue flooding police phone lines to help them locate Davis and any others who may have additional details.
Contee said the Maserati was discovered Wednesday, crediting his department's investigation and the community's help.
DC Police are also offering a $10,000 reward for anyone with information that leads to an arrest.
In the Wednesday news conference, Contee also asked for the community's help in finding five suspects accused of involvement in five of the District's murders spanning from last year to last month.
"We have several individuals that are out and wanted and we're asking for the community health to find these individuals," Contee said. "Some of these individuals are 18 years old, there's no support system in place for an 18-year-old who's not working. How is that individual getting around from place to place? Somebody out in the community knows where these young people are."
"I'm asking that we continue to work with our law enforcement agency, and other agency partners to bring these individuals to justice so that we have a safer summer and we're not talking about the number of homicides," Contee said. "One homicide is one homicide too many when it occurs in this city.”
This incident is the District's second high-profile road rage shooting in as many months. Both are still unsolved.
Last month, a woman, captured on camera in surveillance images released by MPD, shot a man in the head on Massachusetts Avenue between the Naval Observatory and the National Cathedral. The man did not survive, and police are still searching for the woman in that case.
If you have any information, you're asked to call DC Police at 202-727-9099 or text your tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE to 50411.