An FBI agent reported to local police that armed suspects stole the agent's vehicle on Wednesday afternoon in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
The Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that officers responded at the 100 block of 12th St. NE, right by the historic Lincoln Park, to a report from a federal agent of an armed carjacking.
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The agent "reported two suspects took their vehicle," police said.
The vehicle was recovered about a half-hour later, roughly a mile away, at the 1000 block of 15th St. SE, police said.
The FBI Washington Field Office confirmed the incident in a statement and said it was investigating the matter.
"At this time, we can confirm that an FBI employee was carjacked on the afternoon of November 29," the bureau's Washington Field Office said. "The vehicle was recovered, and the FBI Washington Field Office and the Metropolitan Police Department's Carjacking Task Force are investigating."
The incident is the latest in a string of prominent carjacking incidents.
Three armed men carjacked Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) in Washington's Navy Yard in October. He was not injured, and his car was later recovered.
Weeks later, Secret Service agents who were on duty protecting President Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi Biden reacted to a carjacking attempt by opening fire on three suspects who attempted to break into their unmarked vehicle in Georgetown.
The Secret Service later said in a statement that it did not believe anyone was struck by the gunfire.
The FBI agent carjacking occurred while the nation's capital is seeing a glaring increase in carjackings overall.
Washington has seen 908 carjacking incidents this year, and about three-quarters of them have involved firearms, according to the MPD's carjacking dashboard.
Carjackings in the nation's capital are up 107% from last year.
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Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, announced this month a pilot program where city officials would give out free Apple AirTag and Tile vehicle trackers in certain neighborhoods as part of an effort to counter the city's alarming surge in carjacking crimes.
This story is developing.