A churchgoing grandmother of two found out just how far one MPD detective would go to charge her with a gun crime. "How did I get here? How did this happen? What in the world happened?" Vashti Sherrod said of her arrest for felony assault with a dangerous weapon. MPD Detective Phillip McHugh launched an investigation into the then 75-year-old in May 2015. The senior citizens sat at home in their pajamas, the doorbell rang. A team of police officers were at the door with a warrant to search the house, led by McHugh. "They had their pistols drawn," Vashti Sherrod said. "They grabbed Gene, put handcuffs on him, told me, 'Put your hands on your head.' And I'm like [gasp], 'Oh my God. Oh my God.'" Vashti Sherrod said her husband, Gene, was once again in tears as the officers demanded they tell them if there was a gun in the house. "And they said, 'Give us the gun. Give us the gun. Where's the gun?'" Vashti Sherrod said. "And they were yelling at us. I was like, 'We don't have a gun. We don't have a gun.'" For the full written story: https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/investigations/grandma-why-are-you-in-here-76-year-old-woman-sues-dc-government-after-arrest-on-gun-charge/65-eea860f0-d115-4f48-b866-88cdb6ac4a37 #RealMatters