CRIME & SAFETY

New information has been released by the Metropolitan Police Department following Thursday's fatal shooting of a bystander in Northwest DC. Lasanta McGill, 62, was shot and killed when an argument inside a Northwest DC market spilled out into the street and shots were fired, according to police. Metropolitan Police Commander...

Investigators were called to a building on Lake Drive in Waldorf at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Friday, June 9, where there were reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, they found a man who was pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds in the parking lot. A second man was later located at an area hospital, where he too died from his injuries.

WASHINGTON — In August 2022, Lyndon Bilal's new Toyota was brazenly stolen by a man driving a tow truck. The car was never found. Ten months later, gunmen fired at least 18 shots near Bilal's house in the 3600 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE. Finally early...

(Updated 1:35 p.m.) A man was robbed at gunpoint yesterday morning in the area of E. Braddock Road and Commonwealth Avenue in Del Ray. The victim called police from his car and reported that he was robbed of $947 in cash by two masked men in dark clothing, according to dispatch reports. No one was injured in the incident.

Jun. 7—ANDERSON — The Alexandria Police Department arrested two Madison County women this week on felony drug charges. Mekhi Sho Vonte McWilliams, 23, 2200 block of East 39th Street, Anderson, was arrested on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine, dealing cocaine, three counts of dealing a controlled substance, unlawful carrying of a handgun, possession of marijuana and operating a vehicle while never licensed. His bond was set at $75,000.

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Police said Friday that members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force found arrested the man wanted for the murder of a 17-year-old boy that took place on a Metro train in May. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said Keith N. Williams, 23, of Southeast D.C. faces the charge of […]

LEFT: Arianna Davis (image provided by FBI) RIGHT: Wilson Chavis (image provided by Prince George’s County Police Department) A funeral service company owner has been arrested and charged with murder after shooting at people attending the funeral service of a 10-year-old girl who was brutally killed. Wilson Chavis, 48,...

Two teenage victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries following a double shooting on May 31. At approximately 8:20 p.m., the Alexandria Police Department responded to the 5400. block of Richenbacher Ave. A 17-year-old male and a 16-year-old male suffered gunshot injuries to their lower bodies. The APD urges anyone who may have...

WASHINGTON — Police are investigating after a car crash left a 19-year-old dead in Southeast D.C. early Thursday morning. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the crash happened at the intersection of 11th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast. Investigators say just before 12:30 a.m., a 2005 Ford Focus was...

On June 6, the Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney obtained murder convictions against Ryan Vega, a 16-year-old Alexandria resident. Vega was tried as an adult in Circuit Court. He is convicted of felony charges for second degree murder and murder by mob. On May 24, 2022, Vega stabbed Alexandria...

According to a statement from the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office, on June 4 at approximately 4 p.m. Alexandria resident Glenn Eubanks, III, 33, collapsed while incarcerated at the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center. Eubanks had been in custody since April 12, 2023. The Alexandria Police Department is investigating the...

The pilot of the private jet that crashed in Virginia after flying through restricted DC airspace has been named as Jeff Heffner, a retired Southwest Airlines pilot with 25 years service.

WASHINGTON (WJLA) — A Washington, D.C. man was found guilty of assault and other charges stemming from the non-fatal shooting of his former romantic partner, who was pregnant at the time, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Federal prosecutors said Joshua Hemphill, 32, went to his former partner's apartment...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A 32-year-old man was shot and killed inside a building in Southeast D.C. early Wednesday morning. The Washington, D.C. Metro Police Department is investigating the shooting. Just after 1:30 am, police arrived at the 4000 Block of 3rd Street to investigate a report of an unconscious person. Officers found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound inside a residence in the building. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. 32-year-old Richard Hendrix of D.C. was identified as the victim. If you have any information about this incident, please take no action but call the police at (202) The post 32-Year-Old man Fatally Shot in D.C. appeared first on Shore News Network.

WASHINGTON - A man is scared after an armed carjacking inside the parking garage of his apartment complex in northeast D.C. He told police, it happened in a parking garage on the 300 block of H Street around 8:30 p.m. this past Tuesday night. He spoke exclusively to FOX’S 5...

The Washington DC Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own.Nelson Casillas Jr., died in a motorcycle crash on I-95 in Virginia Wednesday, June 7, authorities said.The 31-year-old was heading north on a 2007 Honda CBR1000 RR motorcycle at a high rate of speed, when he cut t…

WASHINGTON — Police are investigating a triple shooting in Northeast D.C. Three men were hospitalized as a result of the shooting Thursday night. Metropolitan Police Department officers were called to the 1800 block of Kendall Street Northeast around 10:30 p.m. for a report of shots fired. When officers arrived on the scene, they found three men with gunshot wounds. All three were taken to area hospitals for treatment of injuries not thought to be life-threatening.

A Brandywine, Md. man has been arrested for the April 29 burglary of Dominion Defense gun store in Springfield. Fairfax County detectives identified and obtained an arrest warrant for one of the four suspects involved in the burglary. On May 22, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) arrested Cedric Antonio Minger, 20, at a home in Washington, D.C. Minger was partially identified by a clergyman after surveillance footage was disseminated, according to Fairfax County Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Ashleigh Landers Sutton. She said that during the arrest Minger tried to flee and one agent was wounded. At that time 11 weapons were recovered from the home where he was taken into custody.