A man shot and killed by police in a home near D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood was accused of repeatedly assaulting and threatening a resident – and was arrested there a day earlier for violating a protective order.
Kevin Booker died after a Metropolitan Police Department officer shot him in a home in the 4400 block of Reservoir Road on Friday night. He was 41.
News4 video shows a large police presence at the scene just east of Foxhall Road.
Police said Booker also lived at the home and terrorized a resident who got a civil protection order against him about two weeks earlier.
“At some point in time, the decedent started to attack, make assaults and threaten the resident,” Executive Assistant Chief Andre Wright told reporters.
Wright described Booker and the resident as “co-tenants” but didn’t elaborate on their relationship or why Booker targeted them.
Second District officers responded to the home at about 6:45 p.m. because a home alarm was going off, police said. The officers knew of the protective order tied to the home.
Officers saw Booker inside and “worked for over 20 minutes to make contact with the suspect, repeatedly issuing loud commands ordering him to exit the home,” police said in a statement.
Officers entered through an unlocked door and “continued to issue loud commands for the suspect to make his presence known,” police said.
As officers made their way to the second floor, Booker “suddenly lunged at the officers with a knife and a screwdriver in his hands. At that time, an officer discharged his firearm, striking the suspect,” police said.
“This happened in close proximity, I mean, within feet of each other – leaving the officer with no option other than to defend himself by using his firearm,” Wright said.
Officers called DC Fire and EMS to the scene. Booker was taken to a hospital, where he died.
“We tried to negotiate the decedent’s surrender. Unfortunately, it ended in this manner,” Wright said.
MPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau and Investigative Services Bureau are investigating. The officers involved were placed on standard administrative leave.
Anyone with potentially relevant information is asked to contact police.
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