A protest over the death of a 20-year-old D.C. man who died after he was hit by a car while riding an electric scooter has erupted outside a police station in Northwest Tuesday night, and four officers are injured.
Karon Hylton-Brown died Monday after the crash Friday in the Brightwood Park neighborhood of Northwest D.C. His loved ones accuse police of causing the crash by chasing him.
Family and community members gathered about 6:30 p.m. to protest outside the 4th District police station on Georgia Avenue NW.
Hylton-Brown's mother demanded to be let into the station and said she wanted to see the officer who she claimed "killed her son," News4's Jackie Bensen reports.
"I miss my baby. That's my baby. You understand?" Karen Hylton told News4 later Tuesday night.
The protests quickly turned volatile when a group surrounded the front door of the station and a man picked up a metal trash can and started smashing the 10-foot-high safety glass windows at the station. One window shattered.
Some people could be seen picking up rocks and throwing them at MPD cruisers, prompting dozens more police cars to pour into the area.
"The things that happened didn't have to happen. You know, he was targeted. All this - we wouldn't have to be out here. You know, if the guy would've just left my son alone, all this wouldn't have happened," Karen Hylton said.
According to a police report, four police officers were injured and protesters threw rocks and bricks at officers. The extent of their injuries is not clear at this time.
One person was arrested, but the police report doesn't say what the person was arrested for.
Dozens of people could be seen in a standoff with a line of police officers in front of the station.
Police have formed a perimeter around the station.
Hylton-Brown died the day his daughter turned three months old, his girlfriend and the infant's mother, Amaala Jones-Bey, said.
“It’s mind-boggling. This was so unnecessary,” she said Tuesday.
The Metropolitan Police Department says officers tried to conduct a traffic stop at about 10:10 p.m. Friday after they saw Hylton-Brown riding a Revel electric scooter on a sidewalk in the 500 block of Kennedy Street NW without a helmet. They say Hylton-Brown went through an alley and “collided” with a car in the 700 block of Kennedy Street.
Officers performed first aid on Hylton-Brown and medics took him to a hospital, where he later died.
Hylton-Brown’s family and girlfriend say police are responsible for the crash. They want more information and want to see body camera footage.
D.C. police classified Hylton-Brown's death as a traffic fatality. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact police. Tips may be left anonymously.
Revel CEO Frank Reig said in a statement Tuesday, "Our sympathies are with Mr. Hylton's family. As this incident is under investigation, we're awaiting more details at this time."
Shared black-and-blue Revel electric scooters, also known as mopeds, hit D.C. streets in August 2019. Riders must wear helmets and answer a 21-question safety quiz in which they have to get a perfect score, NBC New York reported. The vehicles go up to 30 mph.
Revel shut down in New York City this summer after three riders were killed in separate crashes. The company relaunched and a fourth person was recently killed after she was hit by someone riding one of the scooters.
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story reported the victim's last name as Hylton. News4 has since learned the victim's full last name is Hylton-Brown.
Stay with NBC Washington for more details on this developing story.
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