Man who stole ambulance in DC while paramedics attended to patient arrested

WASHINGTON - The suspect who stole an ambulance in Southeast D.C., while paramedics were attending to a patient over the weekend, has been arrested. 

Authorities say on Monday, 34-year-old Isaac Edwards, of Southeast, D.C, was arrested and charged with armed carjacking.

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According to Metropolitan Police, D.C. Fire and EMS paramedics responded to a call for a man down near the intersection of Chicago Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue around 8:52 a.m. on Saturday.

While attending to the patient, Edwards armed with a gun walked up to the ambulance and demanded that paramedics get out of the ambulance. After they did so, the suspect took the vehicle and drove away.

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Police said Edwards later ditched the ambulance along the 200 block of K Street, Southwest. Officers chased him on foot, but he was able to get away.

Police released a surveillance photo of the suspect.

(Credit: Metropolitan Police Department)