The U.S. Attorney for D.C. says the man lit the device on fire, threw it at the MPD cruiser, and fled the scene.

Leon Alphans Traille Jr., 29, was charged with reckless endangerment, use of a firebomb and attempted malicious bodily injury by use of fire.

The Ballston Commons Mall in Arlington was evacuated earlier today after a person dropped a Molotov cocktail on the food court, police said.