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DC Teen Killed In Crash After Stolen Car From PG County Slams I-295 Guardrail: Police DC Teen Killed In Crash After Stolen Car From PG County Slams I-295 Guardrail: Police
DC Teen Killed In Crash After Stolen Car From PG County Slams I-295 Guardrail: Police A 16-year-old boy from Southeast DC is dead after police say a stolen car taken out of Maryland slammed into a guardrail on I-295 over the weekend, killing him and sending two others running from the scene. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department responded at approximately 9:06 p.m. on Saturday, July 12, to southbound I-295 just before the Howard Road/Suitland Parkway exit, for a reported single-vehicle crash, MPD announced. When officers arrived, they found a young boy in the backseat of the crashed vehicle unconscious and not breathing, police said. According to MPD, DC Fire and…

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Teen Killed, 2 Others Shot In Targeted DMV Triple Shooting: Arrest Made: MPD Teen Killed, 2 Others Shot In Targeted DMV Triple Shooting: Arrest Made: MPD
Teen Killed, 2 Others Shot In Targeted DMV Triple Shooting: Arrest Made: MPD He smiled in family photos. He wasn’t the target. A beloved 19-year-old from Northeast DC, identified as Zephaniah Wright, was fatally shot on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, during a burst of gunfire in the Petworth neighborhood, according to Metropolitan Police.  Authorities now say an 18-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged in what relatives believe was a tragic case of mistaken identity. Wright was one of three people shot shortly after 9 p.m. on April 29.  Fourth District officers responded to the 800 block of Taylor Street and the 3700 block of Georgia Avenue NW after g…

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Shooter Who Fired At Dad Protecting 5-Year-Old Daughter Learns Prison Fate Shooter Who Fired At Dad Protecting 5-Year-Old Daughter Learns Prison Fate
Shooter Who Fired At Dad Protecting 5-Year-Old Daughter Learns Prison Fate The man who shot a father and his 5-year-old daughter as they were enjoying a day out in DC will spend more than a decade behind bars, authorities announced. Alante Partlow, 30, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for the April 2024 shooting in Northeast DC when he fired shots at the family, who investigators said he knew before the incident. At around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, police say officers were called to the 4800 block of North Capitol Street NE, where they found a man and his daughter suffering from gunshot wounds outside an apartment building in the Fort Totten neighb…

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DC Man Who Attacked Six In Random Rampage Arrested, Police Say DC Man Who Attacked Six In Random Rampage Arrested, Police Say
DC Man Who Attacked Six In Random Rampage Arrested, Police Say A man accused of stabbing himself and six other people in a random attack in Northeast DC, has been arrested and charged, police said. Kevin Steve Andrade, 34, of Southeast DC, is charged with six counts of assault with intent to kill following Thursday’s stabbing spree in the Trinidad neighborhood, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Officers from the Fifth District were called at approximately 3:21 p.m. on April 3 to the 1200 block of Meigs Place NE for a report of multiple people stabbed.  Police arrived in under a minute and immediately began providing first aid to vi…

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Man In ‘Altered State’ Stabs Himself, Six Others In DC: Police Chief (DEVELOPING) Man In ‘Altered State’ Stabs Himself, Six Others In DC: Police Chief (DEVELOPING)
Man In ‘Altered State’ Stabs Himself, Six Others In DC: Police Chief (Developing) A man believed to be under the influence of an unknown substance stabbed himself and six other people—two of whom tried to intervene—during a random rampage in Northeast DC, police said. It happened around 3:22 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in the area of Montello Avenue and Eigs Place NE, according to DC Police Chief Pamela Smith. Responding officers from the Fifth District arrived to find “numerous people suffering from stab wounds,” Smith said at a press conference on Thursday afternoon.  The officers provided first aid and called in DC Fire and EMS, who took four women and two men to th…

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Three MPD Officers Shot Responding To Burglary Amid Police Staffing Concerns In DC Three MPD Officers Shot Responding To Burglary Amid Police Staffing Concerns In DC
Three MPD Officers Shot Responding To Burglary Amid Police Staffing Concerns In DC Three DC police officers were shot in Northeast DC while responding to a burglary in progress on Monday morning, the DC Police Union confirmed. The officers, whose names have not been released, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and are expected to be discharged from the hospital within 24 hours, DC Police Union Chairman Gregg Pemberton said following the incident, which was reported shortly after 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 13 in the 300 block of Florida Avenue NE. “We can confirm that all three officers have suffered non-life-threatening injuries and will likely be released within the next 24 h…

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District Heights Man Who Brutally Beat Victim To Death Outside DC Gas Station Sentenced: Feds District Heights Man Who Brutally Beat Victim To Death Outside DC Gas Station Sentenced: Feds
District Heights Man Who Brutally Beat Victim To Death Outside DC Gas Station Sentenced: Feds A 41-year-old Maryland man who brutally beat a man to death in DC has admitted to the crime and agreed to a deal that will see him spend more than a decade behind bars, federal authorities announced on Friday. District Heights resident Chanos Monroe - also known as "Chanos Gillis" - pleaded guilty on Oct. 11 to a pair of charges in connection to the 2022 murder of Keith Sistare, 52, at a BP gas station in Northeast DC. According to prosecutors, Monroe and a second man chased down Sistare in late July 2022 after he attempted to get in the driver's seat of his vehicle, which was left idling o…

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Baltimore County Woman Arrested For Pro-Gaza Demonstration Outside Union Station In DC Baltimore County Woman Arrested For Pro-Gaza Demonstration Outside Union Station In DC
Baltimore County Woman Arrested For Pro-Gaza Demonstration Outside Union Station In DC A 20-year-old Baltimore County woman was arrested on Friday morning and charged for her role using spray paint in July to deface federal property at Columbus Circle outside Union Station in Northeast DC, federal authorities announced. Towson native Isabella Giordano was taken into custody on Sept. 13, and is scheduled to make her initial court appearance later on Friday, when she will be charged with willfully injuring or depredating any property of the United States. According to court documents, on Wednesday, July 24, an organization was granted a permit to demonstrate in the ar…

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Gunman Who Shot Father, 5-Year-Old Daughter In Northeast DC Charged: Feds Gunman Who Shot Father, 5-Year-Old Daughter In Northeast DC Charged: Feds
Gunman Who Shot Father, 5-Year-Old Daughter In Northeast DC Charged: Feds A wanted man who allegedly shot a father and his 5-year-old daughter earlier this year has been charged, federal authorities announced on Thursday. District resident Alante Partlow, 29, was charged in Superior Court with assault and other offenses following the April shooting in Northeast DC, according to officials. At around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23, police say that officers were called to the 4800 block of North Capitol Street NE, where they found a man and his daughter suffering from gunshot wounds outside an apartment building in the Fort Totten neighborhood. Both were treated a…

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