Police: Three Men Will Be Investigated in Connection With Taxicab Shooting

Three men were taken into custody Saturday afternoon by officers who searched an apartment building in Northeast Washington for suspects in the robbery and shooting of a taxicab driver.

The men were found in an apartment in a building in the 2100 block of Maryland Avenue NE about 5:50 p.m. , D.C. police said.

"At some point they saw we weren't going away and reluctantly opened the door and submitted," said D.C. police Capt. Angel Medina.

The men, who were not identified immediately, were charged with unlawful entry, police said, but would be investigated in connection with the nearby robbery and shooting.

According to police a 70-year-old cab driver was robbed and then shot in or near his vehicle around 2 p.m. at 21st and I Streets NE.

The driver was hit in the stomach, and taken to Howard University Hospital where his condition was said to be stable.

It was not clear why he was shot. Medina said it was needless.

After the attack, three men were spotted entering the apartment house from near the shooting scene, police said.

That touched off a four hour siege during which officers canvassed the building. The robbers were in a vacant unit, police said.