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'This Is Not A War Zone:' Three Dead, Two Injured In Southeast DC Mass Shooting, Chief Says 'This Is Not A War Zone:' Three Dead, Two Injured In Southeast DC Mass Shooting, Chief Says
'This Is Not A War Zone:' Three Dead, Two Injured In Southeast DC Mass Shooting, Chief Says The new top cop in Washington, DC is calling on an end to the gun violence that has plagued the District since the calendar flipped to 2023. Three people are dead, and at least two others hospitalized following a mass shooting on Saturday night in the 1600 block of Good Hope Road SE, acting Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith confirmed. Alert: Shooting Investigation in the intersection of Good Hope Road and 16th Street, SE. No lookout. DO NOT TAKE ACTION CALL 911Have Info? Call (202) 727-9099/text 50411 — DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept) August 6, 2023 “This kind of gun violenc…

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by Zak Failla
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District Heights Teens Waiting For Extradition After Crashing Stolen Camry In DC: Police District Heights Teens Waiting For Extradition After Crashing Stolen Camry In DC: Police
District Heights Teens Waiting For Extradition After Crashing Stolen Camry In DC: Police Two District Heights teens are being charged as adults after being found in possession of a stolen car, according to officials in Prince George's County. The 17-year-old boys were captured by police around 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21 after being observed in the stolen Toyota Camry in the area of Wheeler Road and Southern Avenue in Oxon Hill, a county police spokesperson said. Officers attempted to pull over the teens, who refused to stop, resulting in a brief chase that ended in the car becoming disabled in the area of 13th Street and Good Hope Road in Southeast, Washington, DC. The vehicl…

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by Annie DeVoe
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Mistaken Identity: Wrong Man Shot By Police During Assault Investigation In DC Busted With Coke Mistaken Identity: Wrong Man Shot By Police During Assault Investigation In DC Busted With Coke
Mistaken Identity: Wrong Man Shot By Police During Assault Investigation In DC Busted With Coke Drug charges have been filed against a man in Washington, DC after he was shot by police and caught with cocaine while officers were investigating an alleged assault on Friday morning, officials said. DC residents Steven Shaw, 38, and Wallace Lewis, 59, are both facing charges for an incident that played out on Friday, Feb. 10 in the 1300 block of Good Hope Road, officials said. Shortly before 10 a.m. on the day of the shooting, officers from the Seventh District were called to Good Hope Road to investigate a report of an assault in progress. Upon arrival, officers say that they found a wo…

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by Zak Failla
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Here's What We Know About The Officer-Involved Overnight Shooting In Maryland Here's What We Know About The Officer-Involved Overnight Shooting In Maryland
Here's What We Know About The Officer-Involved Overnight Shooting In Maryland Officers in Maryland were forced to fire their service weapons at a suspect who attempted to run them down before crashing into a police cruiser and fleeing into Washington, DC, officials said. Shortly before midnight on Sunday, Oct. 9, officers from the Bladensburg and Prince George’s County police departments responded to a report of two suspicious men attempting to enter vehicles along the 5100 block of 57th Avenue. Police say that upon arrival, officers found two men wearing ski masks and attempted to speak with them. At that point, one of the suspects fled on foot before he was quickl…

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by Zak Failla