BALTIMORE — Police shot and killed a man after allegedly going on a violent crime spree.
It all started Monday around 5:45pm on K Street Northwest in Washington D.C.
That's where police say Artell Cunningham entered a parked car and shot the driver, leaving them in critical condition.
Reports identified the victim as Mike Gill, the former chief operating officer for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) during the Trump presidency.
Next Cunningham unsuccessfully tried carjacking a victim on 3rd Street NE.
About 15 minutes later, just three blocks away, he struck again.
This time, shooting 35-year-old Alberto Vasquez Jr. to death before taking off in his Chrysler 200.
Police located the stolen car overnight in Takoma Park.
Cunningham,28, went on to carjack two more vehicles throughout the night.
One was a Toyota Camry he later abandoned, the other a Nissan Rogue belonging to a ride share driver.
By 3am Tuesday the suspect opened fire from the stolen Nissan in the direction of a Washington D.C. police officer who was passing by on Interstate 295.
Police caught up with Cunningham near a laundromat in New Carrollton around 4:30am.
As officers approached, he allegedly pulled out two handguns prompting police to shoot.
Cunningham died at an area hospital. No officers were injured. The officers who fired have been identified as sergeant Byron Purnell and corporal Carlos Batenga.
Detectives are also looking into whether Cunningham is responsible for shooting at two other police cars in the process.
Around 2:30am a Maryland State Police trooper's windshield was shot on Interstate 95 near MD route 198 in Laurel.
Fifteen minutes earlier, over in Baltimore, an unmarked Maryland Transportation Authority police car was hit by gunfire on the I-95/I395 ramp.
Anyone with information on these incidents is asked to call police at 202-727-9099.
