District of Columbia police arrested a man Monday who they said opened fire on a pair of thieves after he was robbed in the Northeast part of the city.

Metropolitan Police said they took Nathaniel Art-Washington, 28, of Northwest into custody on charges of assault with intent to kill for the retaliatory shooting that left both robbers with life-threatening injuries.

Authorities said the shooting was reported at 11:10 p.m. Monday on the 1200 block of Queen Street NE.

Responding officers arrived to find a man in the middle of the road suffering from a gunshot wound. Another man waved down an ambulance at the intersection of Florida Avenue NE and Eckington Place NE. Both were taken to nearby hospitals to be treated.

Investigators later determined the suspected shooter was robbed, then chased down and fired on the thieves.

Police didn’t say whether the accused robbers would face charges.