2026年9月9日 / 美国东部时间上午11:56 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻(CBS News)
作者:莎拉·N·林奇
莎拉·N·林奇 司法部高级记者
莎拉·N·林奇是哥伦比亚广播公司新闻总部位于华盛顿特区的司法部高级记者。
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一名被指派参与华盛顿特区街头巡逻、作为特朗普总统打击犯罪行动一部分的国民警卫队成员,因涉嫌用枪指向同事,如今自身面临刑事指控。
据美国检察官珍妮娜·皮罗办公室向哥伦比亚特区高等法院提交的刑事起诉书显示,来自佐治亚州梅肯市、现年21岁的锡安·米切尔于本月早些时候被捕,罪名包括在持危险武器袭击犯罪过程中持有枪支,以及持危险武器袭击。
根据起诉书内容,8月25日,受害者与其他国民警卫队队友正坐在华盛顿特区东北部一家Popeyes炸鸡店前的黑色面包车内,她与米切尔因发型以及是否符合陆军条例发生争执。
受害者事后告诉警方,她听到了“枪套卡扣的声响”,以为米切尔打开了自己的枪套。之后她从另一名同事处得知,米切尔当时拔出武器并将枪指向了面包车内的她。
面包车内的多名目击者向警方表示,他们看到米切尔拔枪指向受害者。在起诉书中,一名目击者称米切尔是“爱欺负人且具有攻击性”的人,另一名目击者则称米切尔以威胁女性闻名。
起诉书称,警方讯问米切尔时,他最初将与受害者的冲突轻描淡写为玩笑式的打趣,但随后推翻了这一说法,承认自己拔出了手枪并将枪对准了对方。
皮罗过去曾称赞国民警卫队帮助降低了华盛顿特区的暴力犯罪率。国民警卫队部队最初于2025年8月被部署到华盛顿特区街头,作为特朗普政府反犯罪行动的一部分,该行动还包括联邦执法人员和当地警察。
根据公开的法庭案卷,米切尔目前被关押且不得保释。
记者未能立即联系到米切尔的代理律师。
National Guardsman in D.C. as part of Trump crackdown on crime charged after pointing gun at colleague
September 9, 2026 / 11:56 AM EDT / CBS News
By Sarah N. Lynch
Sarah N. Lynch Senior Justice Department Reporter
Sarah N. Lynch is the senior Justice Department reporter for CBS News, based in Washington, D.C.
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A National Guardsman assigned to patrol the streets of Washington, D.C., as part of President Trump’s crackdown on crime is now facing criminal charges himself after he allegedly pulled a gun on a colleague.
Zion Mitchell, 21, of Macon, Georgia, was arrested earlier this month on charges of possessing a firearm while committing the crime of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault with a dangerous weapon, according to the criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia’s Superior Court by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office.
According to the complaint, the victim was sitting with other fellow Guardsmen in a black van in front of a Popeyes in Northeast Washington, D.C., on Aug. 25, when she and Mitchell got into an argument over their hairstyles and whether they were following Army regulations.
The victim later told police she heard a “holster click” and thought that Mitchell had flicked his holster open. She later learned from another colleague that he had drawn his weapon and pointed it at her in the van.
Several witnesses in the van told police they saw Mitchell remove his gun and point it at the victim. In the complaint, one of the witnesses described him as someone who “picks on people and is aggressive,” while another said that Mitchell was known for threatening women.
When police questioned Mitchell, he initially dismissed his encounter with the victim as playful banter, but he later recanted that version of the story and admitted he had pulled out his pistol and pointed it in her direction, the complaint says.
Pirro has praised the National Guard in the past for helping to reduce violent crime rates in D.C. National Guard forces were initially deployed to D.C. streets in August 2025 as part of an anti-crime mission by the Trump administration that has also included federal law enforcement officers and local police.
Mitchell has been detained without bond, according to the public court docket.
An attorney for Mitchell could not be immediately reached.