According to a preliminary police report released Wednesday, a man, whom police officials have identified as Barry, entered the PNC Bank branch in the 800 block of Seventh Street NW around noon Tuesday and sought to make a “large cash withdrawal.” He was told, according to the report, that his account was overdrawn and could not make the withdrawal he requested.
He then threw a trash can over the security glass, the report said, striking and destroying a surveillance camera while the incident was being recorded on other cameras.
No arrest was made Tuesday related to the incident, said Lt. Sean Conboy, a police spokesman who confirmed basic details of the incident Tuesday but did not confirm Barry’s identity or other details.
Two police officials confirmed Wednesday that Barry is the suspect in the incident. Barry, they said, left the scene before officers arrived.
Marion Barry, 78, twice D.C.’s mayor and one of its most enduring politicians, died last November.
