Three stores in northeast D.C. reported damage, according to a statement from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Washington Field Division.
The first explosive went off at about 4:30 a.m. near Washington Place outside an ATM at a Truist bank before the suspect drove off, according to authorities.
Another device reportedly exploded outside a Nike store on H Street, north of Capitol Hill, just six minutes after the first blast before the suspect drove away.
A suspect then allegedly tossed a Molotov cocktail at a Safeway on 40th Street at around 4:45 a.m. before speeding off, police said.
