D.C.’s police chief is denying any wrongdoing within her department following accusations police tried to cover up an incident during which a Homeland Security officer fired into a vehicle during a traffic stop.

The alleged shooting happened Oct. 17 on Benning Road in Northeast. Officers said they attempted to pull over a vehicle for not displaying a front license plate, but the vehicle fled.

Once it was stopped, the Homeland Security officer fired multiple rounds into the vehicle, driven by Phillip Brown, according to his lawyers. Brown was not struck by any of the bullets.

A police report on the encounter doesn’t mention the shooting, an omission that the man’s attorneys point to as evidence of a cover-up attempt .

During a hearing Thursday on another matter before the D.C. Council

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