A Trump administration official is critically-ill after being shot during a carjacking in crime-ridden Washington DC, whose perpetrator then killed another victim.

The heavily liberal-leaning city has seen carjackings skyrocket of late, with 953 in 2023 alone, nearly nine times as many as there were in 2018. 

Mike Gill, a married father of three, was blasted by the unnamed suspect on K Street NW around 5:45pm Monday. He was collecting his wife, an education lawyer, at the time of the incident and was inside the car when he was struck.

Gill managed to get out of his car, but collapsed shortly afterwards. 

He served as chief operating officer of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission during Donald Trump's time in the White House. . 

A witness told the Washington Post that his wife 'ran toward her husband and grabbed his hand,' asking him what happened, but getting no response. 

The victim was wearing 'a dress shirt and sweater, sprawled on the pavement with one foot still in the passenger's side of a car. His right hand was twitching as blood pooled around his head,' Yolanda Douglas added. 

A spokeswoman for Gill said: 'We can confirm that Mike Gill was the victim of the shooting at the 900 block of K Street Northwest on Monday evening and is in critical condition.