Michael Gill, man shot in downtown D.C. during carjacking rampage, dies

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Michael Gill, man shot in downtown D.C. during carjacking rampage, dies

A man climbed into his Jeep and shot him Monday, authorities said

By Martin Weil and Emily Davies
February 3, 2024 at 8:55 p.m. EST



Michael Gill (Marion Meakem)

Michael “Mike” Gill, 56, the man shot and critically wounded this week in downtown Washington during an hours-long crime rampage in the District and Maryland, died Saturday, his wife said.

Gill, a senior vice president of the Housing Policy Council, a trade association, was married and the father of three. He had worked on Capitol Hill and served three terms as an appointee to the D.C. Board of Elections.

People who knew him described him as highly competent and also self-effacing. He was devoted, they said, to his work and to his family, and was genial and good-natured, smart, outgoing and witty.

Gill drove his Jeep early Monday evening to pick up his wife at her law office near Mount Vernon Square. He called his wife, Kristina, and told her he was waiting downstairs. … But according to authorities, a man climbed into his vehicle and shot him. His wife found him on the sidewalk. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

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By Martin Weil
Martin Weil is a longtime reporter at The Washington Post. Twitter https://twitter.com/martyweilwapost

By Emily Davies
Emily Davies is a reporter covering crime and criminal justice in Washington, D.C. She started at The Washington Post as an intern in June 2019. Twitter https://twitter.com/ELaserDavies

[twodogsbarking]

1. Guns.

[COL Mustard]

3. And mental illness

Unfortunately a deadly combination

[COL Mustard]

2. I was not expecting a

Happy ending to this story so sad for him, his family and his friends.

[IronLionZion]

4. I moved out of that neighborhood last year

it used to be a great place to live but went downhill fast after COVID. Either way, I bet workers are not in a hurry to return to their downtown offices.

I doubt it's much comfort to the 2 deceased victims' families, but the perp died in a shootout with police.

[Eugene]

5. CNN: Former Trump administration official dies after being shot in carjacking rampage

Former Trump administration official dies after being shot in carjacking rampage (CNN)

(CNN) — A former Trump administration official who was shot in a deadly string of carjackings in Washington, DC, earlier last week died Saturday, the DC Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement.

Michael Gill, 56, was inside his vehicle parked at Mount Vernon Square on Monday when the suspect, identified as 28-year-old Artell Cunningham, got inside the vehicle and shot him, police said.

After fleeing by foot, Cunningham then approached 35-year-old Alberto Vasquez Jr. and a woman by their car and demanded the keys, police said. Cunningham shot Vasquez dead and fled the scene in his vehicle before officials say he conducted two more carjacking incidents in Prince George’s County the following morning, MPD Executive Assistant Chief Jeffery Carroll said at a Tuesday news conference.

Gill previously worked at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission during former President Donald Trump’s administration. He is survived by his wife, Kristina, and three children.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/04/politics/former-trump-official-mike-gill-dies-carjacking/index.html