A witness says they saw multiple people leaving the area in a silver car that was later identified as a 2013 Hyundai Sonata. Officers located a vehicle matching that description on Maryland Avenue, but when they approached the Sonata in a police vehicle, the driver accelerated at a high speed. Prior to this acceleration, officers say they saw one person flee the car.

A Search and Seizure Warrant was obtained to allow police to apprehend Dukes, which was executed around 11:57 p.m. that night, police say. After breaching the apartment, the Drone Unit deployed an interior drone, which located Dukes laying face down on a bed inside the apartment. Officers spoke with Dukes through the drone and ordered him to leave the apartment with his hands up, an order to which he complied.