WASHINGTON — The man police say is responsible for a violent crime spree that left a security guard at the U.S. Census Bureau dead is facing more charges.
A criminal complaint was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in Maryland charging Ronald Anderson, 48, with kidnapping, murder, using and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and causing death by use of a firearm during a crime of violence.
Anderson is already facing charges in D.C. Last week, he was charged with armed kidnapping and assault on a police officer.
The charging documents filed Friday afternoon give more of a background about why Anderson ended up at the Census Bureau headquarters on Thursday, April 9.
According to the charging documents, Anderson abducted his girlfriend at gunpoint from the 1800 block of 3rd Street NE and then drove the victim to the rear of his apartment complex in Suitland, Maryland.
On the way, Anderson called another person who showed up at his apartment, where the girlfriend switched cars, leaving Anderson’s Honda Accord, and jumping into the other person’s Honda CRV.
The driver of the Honda CRV fled from the apartment to the Census Bureau headquarters in Suitland because she knew there were armed security officers there, according to the documents. As the two victims drove, Anderson followed them in his Accord.
As Anderson chased the Honda CRV driver, she crashed the vehicle into a light pole near two armed security guards, including 59-year-old Lawrence Buckner.
Anderson stopped his vehicle behind the Honda CRV and exchanged gunfire with Buckner, hitting him in the chest. Anderson fired additional rounds at a second officer, but did not hit that officer.
Buckner later died from his wounds.
Anderson then fled from the Census Bureau in his Accord.
Later in the evening, Metropolitan Police Department officers saw Anderson’s vehicle and attempted to stop him, but he led them on a chase that concluded near 11th and H streets in Northeast D.C. Anderson fired at MPD officers who returned fire, striking Anderson multiple times.
If he’s convicted, Anderson could face life in prison, or even the death penalty.
He’s still in the hospital getting treatment for injuries he sustained during the police chase.