District police on Wednesday announced that a 17-year-old male had been arrested in relation to the August shooting of Washington Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson Jr.
Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert Contee said the young man has been charged with assault with intent to rob while armed. Since the suspect is a juvenile, Contee would not provide his name or any details of his legal history.
Robinson, 23, was shot twice in the right leg on Aug. 28 near a lively strip of clubs, bars and restaurants along H Street in northeast Washington.
The highly touted third-round draft pick underwent surgery and sat out the first month of the NFL season. Robinson first took the field during the season’s fifth week on Oct. 9, and has since claimed the team’s starting running back role.
Contee partially credited the arrest to a community tip received by police, but wouldn’t go into detail on the nature of the tip. He said the local office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was heavily involved in the forensics end of the investigation.
“Violent crimes get solved because of good police work, community involvement and science,” he said.
Contee said two other individuals were still being sought who were “involved in this case and need to be brought to justice.”
One of those remaining suspects was described by Contee as the “getaway driver” in what appeared to be an attempted armed robbery or carjacking.
It was unclear whether the assailants knew Robinson’s identity when they attacked, Contee said.
⦁ Young returns to practice: Chase Young practiced with the Commanders on Wednesday, his first time doing so in nearly a year since tearing the ACL in his right knee.
Young took part in individual drills as expected Wednesday after the team started his 21-day clock to activate him off the physically unable to perform list. Coach Ron Rivera would not commit to Young playing Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings.
“That’s probably jumping the gun,” Rivera said. “He did look good. We’ll see how he is tomorrow, how he reacts to the amount of work he had. He looked quick. He looked spry. He was excited. We’re going to follow what the trainers and doctors tell us about this.”
Young, the team and doctors have taken it extra careful with the pass rusher’s recovery from surgery, which involved grafting part of his left patellar tendon to fix the tear on the other side. The 23-year-old said even though the practice was without pads and helmets he felt “like a football player again.”
He insists he did not have a time frame for when he’d be back.
“It was really just more day to day,” Young said. “Just focusing on the plan at hand, not really worrying about the noise — just really worrying about myself, soul-searching and just staying focused.”
Even missing Young, Washington’s front four led by defensive tackles Jonathan Allen and Daron Payne and edge rusher Montez Sweat has been a key part of the team’s three-game winning streak to get back to .500 at 4-4.
The No. 2 pick in 2020 out of Ohio State, Young was the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year that season when he had 7½ sacks. He had 1½ last season before getting injured Nov. 14 against Tampa Bay.
⦁ Rivera mourns mother: Rivera ran practice Wednesday after the team announced his mother, Dolores, died earlier in the week. He spent two days with her in California last week.
“If there was an inspiration in my life more so than admiring who my father was, it was taken from my mom,” Rivera said, crediting his start in football in part to his mother. “And that’s the hard part.”
In Buffalo, Bills general manager Brandon Beane opened his news conference to discuss the acquisitions of running back Nyheim Hines and safety Dean Marlowe by talking about Rivera, with whom he worked in Carolina.
“First off, I learned last night that Ron Rivera’s mother passed away so I want to send our condolences from me and my family, the McDermotts and all the people in the Buffalo Bills for Ron and his family. “
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