A 65-year-old Fort Washington man was arrested this week, nearly seven months after he allegedly pointed a gun at another driver and fired a shot into the air during a traffic dispute in Southeast Washington. Gregory Williams now faces felony charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and endangerment with a firearm in connection with the February confrontation.
According to DC News Now, the Metropolitan Police Department says officers were called to the 2500 block of Marion Barry Avenue SE around 7:30 p.m. on February 25 after reports of an assault. Police said the victim reported that Williams pointed a gun at them following a traffic dispute, then fired a shot into the air as he drove away, according to the same report.
The stretch of roadway where the confrontation happened carries some history of its own. Marion Barry Avenue SE was renamed from Good Hope Road SE in November 2023 to honor the former mayor, and it runs as a major commercial corridor through Wards 7 and 8 in Anacostia, according to NBC Washington. The same stretch has seen violence before — the 2500 block was the site of a police-involved shooting in September 2024 that followed a vehicle crash near a local McDonald's, as FOX 5 DC reported at the time.
A Seven-Month Manhunt Across the DC-Maryland Line
The Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and took Williams into custody on Wednesday, according to the DC News Now report. That task force, led by the U.S. Marshals Service, coordinates federal, state and local agencies across DC, Maryland and Virginia to apprehend violent fugitives, according to the U.S. Marshals Service, which notes the unit partners with more than 100 law enforcement agencies across the National Capital Region.
The task force's reach has been on display before. Between April and September, it arrested 826 fugitives across the DC metro region as part of an initiative called Operation Nazare Wave, a crackdown that also recovered 54 firearms, per the U.S. Department of Justice.
What Williams Is Facing Under DC Law
Williams is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Under DC law, that charge does not require physical injury — pointing or threatening someone with a firearm is enough to satisfy it, per Justia Law.
He also faces a charge of endangerment with a firearm, a felony created under the District's Secure DC Omnibus Amendment Act in March 2024 specifically to target people who knowingly discharge a gun in public. That charge carries a penalty of up to five years in prison, according to the DC Office of the Chief Financial Officer's analysis of the Secure DC law.
Part of a Wider Pattern of Armed Traffic Disputes
Williams' arrest is not an isolated case for MPD. The department made a similar road rage arrest in April 2026 after a driver pointed a gun at another motorist following a traffic dispute in Northwest DC, with officers apprehending that suspect nearby and recovering a firearm shortly after the call, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
The pattern extends well beyond the District. A 2025 survey found that 96 percent of U.S. drivers engaged in at least one aggressive driving or road rage behavior in the previous year, with more than 10 percent committing violent acts such as deliberately ramming another vehicle, according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.
