Jeff Schogol

Marine Corps Times

Police have released video showing several suspects who may be involved in assaulting and robbing a decorated Marine veteran at a Washington, D.C., McDonald's last week.

Former Sgt. Christopher Marquez, who earned a Bronze Star with combat "V" in Iraq and helped carry then-1st Sgt. Bradley Kasal out of Fallujah’s “Hell House,” was mugged by several people Feb. 12 in Washington's Chinatown neighborhood.

Newly released surveillance footage from the McDonald's shows a black male wearing a tank top hitting Marquez in the head as he leaves the restaurant.

Decorated Marine attacked by group of teens outside D.C. McDonald's

The video shows the person, identified as "person of interest 1," and one other person kicking Marquez while he is on the ground after people have gone through his pants pockets for valuables.

Police also are looking for a black female identified as "person of interest 2" and another person identified as "person of interest 3," whose gender cannot be determined from the surveillance video.

Marquez served in the Marine Corps from 2003 to 2011. On Monday, Marquez said the people who attacked him asked him if he thinks that black lives mattered.

"I was ignoring them, just because I felt intimidated," Marquez said. "I felt how they approached me, it was very hostile. I felt they were really trying to intimidate me and just trying to start a confrontation with me."

The suspects took Marquez' wallet, identification, credit cards, debit card and about $400 in cash, the police report said.

Marquez was awarded the Bronze Star with combat distinguishing device for his actions in Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 12, 2004, when he refused to leave his mortally wounded team leader despite being under intense fire from an enemy machine gun, his award citation says. As bullets hit the wall around him, Marquez dragged his team leader to a place of relative safety, where he could be administered medical aid.

The next day, Marquez helped carry out Kasal, now the sergeant major of I Marine Expeditionary Force, from a house in Fallujah that was the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the retake the city from terrorists. Kasal was later awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism there.

The Washington Metropolitan Police Department is asking for anyone who can identify the suspects to contact police.