Police are wanting into the potential for the incident being an armed theft or an tried carjacking. They stated they recovered the firearm within the 700 block of tenth Avenue NE — a couple of block south of the scene of the capturing — and had been searching for two juveniles with shoulder-length dreadlocks. One was carrying a black or brown shirt with yellow smiley faces on it. No additional particulars had been instantly accessible.
“We have now been made conscious that Brian Robinson Jr. was the sufferer of an tried armed theft or carjacking in Washington, D.C.,” the Commanders stated in an announcement Sunday night time. “He sustained non-life-threatening accidents and is at present being handled on the hospital, the place workforce officers are on web site with him. We ask that you simply please respect Brian’s privateness right now.”
Coach Ron Rivera was among the many Commanders’ contingent with Robinson on the hospital. Staff homeowners Daniel and Tanya Snyder, President Jason Wright, Common Supervisor Martin Mayhew, chief medical officer Tony Casolaro and director of psychological wellness Barbara Roberts additionally had been with Robinson and his household.
“I simply received finished visiting [with] Brian,” Rivera tweeted Sunday night time. “He’s in good spirits and wished me to thank everybody for his or her sort phrases, prayers & help. He needs his teammates to know he appreciates all of them for reaching out and he loves all of them & might be again quickly doing what he does finest.”
I simply received finished visiting w/Brian. He’s in good spirits and wished me to thank everybody for his or her sort phrases, prayers & help. He needs his teammates to know he appreciates all of them for reaching out and he loves all of them & might be again quickly doing what he does finest.
— Ron Rivera (@RiverboatRonHC) August 29, 2022
Robinson, 23, was drafted by the Commanders within the third spherical this yr out of Alabama. He completed his school profession tied for tenth in Crimson Tide historical past with 29 speeding touchdowns and eleventh with 2,704 speeding yards. He impressed all through the offseason with the Commanders, a lot in order that he had been anticipated to tackle a big function within the offense when the common season begins Sept. 11.
The rookie traveled with the Commanders to their final preseason game in Baltimore on Saturday however didn’t play, together with the workforce’s starters. Throughout restricted taking part in time within the first two preseason video games, Robinson totaled 14 carries for 57 yards and one landing, plus two catches for 15 yards.
“Brian’s been nice,” offensive coordinator Scott Turner stated throughout the preseason. “He’s an actual critical man. Soccer is extraordinarily necessary to him. He takes loads of delight in being a bodily runner. … I believe he’ll proceed to get higher, too, because the reps enhance.”
