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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 […]
Police Arrest Shooting Suspect In Prince George’s County; Multiple Weapons Recovered
SUITLAND, Md. – The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Gun Crimes Unit identified and arrested a suspect in connection with a recent non-contact shooting in Suitland. The suspect is 23-year-old Nicholas Norris of Suitland. On July 5, 2024, at approximately 6:25 am, officers responded to a business...
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...
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...
‘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.
Man dead, another hurt after shooting in Southeast DC
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Police said it is investigating a shooting that left a man dead and another injured in Southeast D.C. early Tuesday morning. Just before 2:30 a.m., D.C. police were called to the 4000 block of South Capitol St. SW to investigate a shooting. There, officers found two men shot inside an […]
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...
‘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,...
Stolen cars, drugs, and guns found at Laurel Motel 6; four suspects arrested
Laurel (WBFF) — Four people were arrested last Thursday after police found them inside a Motel 6 in Laurel with drugs and weapons. Police say on July 11 around 9:00 p.m., officers found a stolen 2016 Honda Accord in the parking lot of the Motel 6 located at 3510 Old Annapolis Road in Laurel.
Fatal Stabbing In Mount Rainier Was City's First Homicide In Five Years, Police Say
Mount Rainier resident Davon Henderson has been charged with murder of Julio Lopez Cosme during an argument on Sunday morning. It was the first homicide in Mount Rainier in more than five years. Officers from the Mount Rainier Police Department were called at around 12:40 a.m. on July 14 to...
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 […]
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 woman killed in Fort Dupont Park
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said it has identified the woman who died after being shot in Fort Dupont Park Saturday afternoon. MPD said that on July 13 at around 2:30 p.m., police were dispatched to the 3300 block of Fort DuPont Drive in Southeast for reports of an unconscious […]
DC police search for dog stolen out of car in Southeast
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Police in the District said they were searching for another dog that was taken over the weekend from a car in Southeast D.C. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said a woman left her dog and her purse in a car in the 1900 block of M Street Southeast just before […]
Woman from Maryland fatally shot in a park in DC
D.C. police are currently offering a reward for information regarding the shooting of a 21-year-old Maryland woman in a Southeast D.C. park on Saturday afternoon. The victim tragically lost her life in the incident. D.C. police are offering a reward for any information regarding the shooting that occurred in a...
DC woman accused of stealing, crashing car with ill woman inside found incompetent to stand trial
The woman accused of stealing an SUV outside a D.C. hospital with an ill patient in the passenger seat was found incompetent to stand trial Tuesday. Kayla Kenisha Brown, 22, of Southeast, is accused of crashing the stolen car into a downtown D.C. building in early June. The passenger, 55-year-old Leslie Marie Gaines, of Northeast D.C., died shortly after the crash.
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