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Angry TRUMP Official DIES 5 Days After Being SHOT by Carjacker-Suspect Killed by Cops

TRUMP Admin Official Critically-ill After Being SHOT During Carjacking by Suspect Who Killed Another Car Owner Before Being Gunned Down by Cops

Mike Gill Was Shot While Collecting His Lawyer Wife in DC Monday Evening


The carjacker went on a spree that spanned both Washington DC and Maryland and left at least one man dead, in addition to Gill's injuries.


MailOnline 31 JAN 2024






A Trump administration official is critically-ill after being shot during a carjacking in crime-ridden Washington DC, whose perpetrator then killed another victim.
















Mike Gill, a married father of three, was blasted by the unnamed suspect on K Street NW around 5:45pm Monday. He was collecting his wife, an education lawyer, at the time of the incident and was inside the car when he was struck.



The heavily liberal-leaning city has seen carjackings skyrocket of late, with 953 in 2023 alone, nearly nine times as many as there were in 2018.

Gill managed to get out of his car, but collapsed shortly afterwards.

He served as chief operating officer of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during Donald Trump's time in the White House. .

A witness told the Washington Post that his wife 'ran toward her husband and grabbed his hand,' asking him what happened, but getting no response.

The victim was wearing 'a dress shirt and sweater, sprawled on the pavement with one foot still in the passenger’s side of a car. His right hand was twitching as blood pooled around his head,' Yolanda Douglas added.

A spokeswoman for Gill said: 'We can confirm that Mike Gill was the victim of the shooting at the 900 block of K Street Northwest on Monday evening and is in critical condition.

'Out of respect for the family, we have nothing additional to add at this time.'

Gill's work in government dates back to at least 2016, when the city of Washington appointed him to represent the GOP on their Board of Elections.

He also served as the chief of staff to CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo and was Chief Regulatory Reform Officer for the commission.

He served as a lawyer at a private firm and the vice president of a trade association prior to his government worked.

He was a deputy director of the 1992 Bush-Quayle re-election campaign and also worked for Republican members of the Senate and House, holding a top level security clearance.

Over an hour after the shooting that involved Gill, he unsuccessfully tried to carjack someone in the 1000 block of Third Street NE at around 7:05 p.m.

Just ten minutes later, the suspect made a third unsuccessful attempt to carjack a vehicle on Third Street NE, before taking the car of a person he shot, in this case fatally.

Family members identified the victim as 35-year-old Alberto Vazquez, according to NBC Washington.

At some point after carjacking and killing Vazquez, he's believed to have left the car in Takoma Park before catching a rideshare and stealing another vehicle.

In the early hours of Tuesday morning at 2:15 a.m., he's believed to have shot from a passing car at a transit officer near Baltimore on the northbound I-95.

Just 15 minutes later, he allegedly shot at a Maryland State Trooper on southbound I-95.

By about 3 a.m., he's believed to have fired at a marked Washington police cruiser near Pennsylvania Avenue SE.


Finally, at 4:30 a.m., police found a disabled car on the 7500 block of Annapolis Road. As they surveyed the scene, the accused carjacker walked up to them, producing two handguns.

The officers fired at the man, who later died from his wounds at a nearby hospital.

Jeffery Carroll, the assistant chief of DC police, did say that the man had a criminal history and appeared to be going through a mental health crisis at the time.

Carjackings have been a massive problem in the nation's capital under Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser, nearly doubling to 959 in 2023 alone, per Axios.

The numbers become even more stark when compared to 2018, when there were just 148 carjackings.

Carjackings have only risen in the city every year since.
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