BREAKING NEWS – Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, was the victim of an armed carjacking in Washington, D.C.
The longtime Democratic congressman was in the Navy Yard neighborhood when the incident took place at about 9:30 p.m., according to U.S. Capitol Police.
“As Congressman Cuellar was parking his car this evening, 3 armed assailants approached the Congressman and stole his vehicle,” Cuellar’s chief of staff Jacob Hochberg said in a statement.
“It all happened very quickly,” Cuellar said in a statement to the police. “As they pointed their weapons at me, one of them said he knew I was a typical democrat that is soft on crime, and urged me not to even file charges of his car being stolen. He then said I should stick to my guns, and he’ll stick to his unregistered guns, and then they sped off.”