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Man Fires Gunshot At TV, Threatens Two In La Plata Home
LA PLATA, Md. – On July 13 at 10:50 a.m., officers responded to a house in La Plata for the report of a male who fired a gunshot at a television and threatened two people who were inside during an argument. Responding officers immediately established a perimeter around the...
Details Released: Two Arrested In Connection To Violent Robbery And Murder In Prince George’s County
SUITLAND, Md. – In a significant development, Akiya Gabrielle Bagley and Walter Jayvon Plummer were arrested following a violent robbery and shooting incident that took place on June 27, 2024, in Suitland, Prince George’s County, Maryland. The Prince George’s County Police Department responded to a distress call at...
DC police identify both people who died in fiery crash after police chase
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. police identified the second person who died in a crash following a police chase in the beginning of July. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said that 17-year-old Dashawn Harris of Southeast, D.C., and 18-year-old Zagory Leo Hill of District Heights, Md. died at the scene of a fiery crash […]
Suspicious Man Who Approached Teen Girl, Woman In Separate Incidents Wanted In Charles County
Early on Wednesday, July 10, officers were called to Dorchester Circle in St. Charles, when a teen girl reported that a man drove up to her and asked for her number before she walked away and notified her parents. The following day, at around the same time and place, a...
Nicholas Norris Charged With Attempted Murder For Shooting
Suitland resident Nicholas Norris is facing charges following a weeklong probe into a reported shooting in Camp Springs on July 5, authorities announced. Officers were called to a business shortly before 6:30 a.m. on the morning of the shooting in the 5100 block of Auth Road, where a man advised investigators that a man shot at him while attempting to steal an item.
Double Shooting in D.C. Leaves One Dead, Another Hospitalized
WASHINGTON, DC — A fatal shooting in Southeast D.C. has resulted in one man’s death and another hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Metropolitan Police Department officers responded to reports of the…
Biden and Trump urge DC staff to stay home as rally shooting stirs up safety concerns
WASHINGTON (7News) — Both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are urging their staffers to avoid coming into their D.C. campaign offices, ABC News reports. This warning comes as safety concerns mount following an attempted assassination at Trump's campaign rally in Pennsylvania yesterday. A bullet grazed Trump's...
‘No idea he wouldn't come back': Father mourns man killed at vigil for Wise HS football alumni
The father of a man killed at a vigil Friday evening says his son had spent the week mourning three friends who died in a crash. Shahid Iman Omar Jr., 24, was among the hundreds of people in attendance Friday at Dr. Henry Wise Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to honor the lives of Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson, Isaiah Hazel and Anthony Lytton, Jr., who won a state championship together at Wise.
Suspect wanted in deadly double shooting at vigil for Wise HS football players killed in crash
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. - Prince George’s County Police are investigating a homicide that happened after a vigil in Upper Marlboro Friday night. A man was shot and killed, and FOX 5 learned that a woman was also shot but she is expected to survive. The shooting happened in...
‘I Don’t Think You Went in Thinking You Were Going To Kill Your Friend,’ Says Judge at Sentencing
Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe sentenced a homicide defendant to 13 years with five years of supervised release at a July 12 hearing. Jordan Jones, 23, was originally charged with first-degree premeditated murder while armed,...
Prince George’s County Park Police swear in new Chief
UPPER MARLBORO, Md (DC News Now) – Prince George’s County Park Police has been around since the 1950s, and on Tuesday they swore in their new chief of police, Germaine Haywood. Haywood has been with the department for 19 years working with various aspects of the department such as Patrol Services, Canine Unit and Investigative […]
Police identify two people killed in motorcycle crash in Prince George’s County
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Maryland State Police (MSP) said it’s investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that happened Saturday evening in Largo. MSP said that just before 8 p.m., they responded to the area of I-495 at Branch Avenue for a report of a crash involving a motorcycle. Police said a Harley […]
Families mourn death of 2 dogs after stay at Virginia PetSmart, investigation underway
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — Animal Control in Alexandria, Virginia confirms to 7News that it is now investigating the death of two separate dogs who stayed at the Potomac Yard PetSmart in June. The dogs stayed at PetSmart’s “Petshotel” during the same week and died just two days apart.
Southeast DC shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 hurt
WASHINGTON — A man is dead and another is in the hospital after a shooting in Southeast D.C. Metropolitan Police Department investigators are still working to investigate exactly what happened. Officers were called to the 4000 block of South Capitol Street in Southeast for the report of a shooting...
Charles County man arrested in Mississippi after escaping custody
CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Police arrested a Charles County man in Mississippi months after he escaped custody and failed to appear in court. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) said that 40-year-old Mack Lee Cleckley of Waldorf was arrested in April 2024. He was charged with possession with the intent to distribute […]
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