In a statement, DC police said that members of an organized group, armed with crowbars and hammers, engaged in "acts of vandalism," damaging vehicles, destroying the property of multiple businesses, and igniting isolated small fires.
Police said preliminary information indicated that the group collectively engaged in criminal acts. Two police officers sustained minor injuries from "coordinated attacks" by members of the group, and police vehicles were also damaged, according to the statement.
Police said they used pepper spray and other control devices to "control the criminal acts."