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DC Teen Killed In Crash After Stolen Car From Maryland 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
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
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…
Police & Fire
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…
Police & Fire
Man In ‘Altered State’ Stabs Himself, Six Others In DC: Police Chief (
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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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Ex-Con Found Guilty Of Shooting Transgender Sex Partner Just After Sex Act: Feds
An ex-con from Washington DC has been convicted of shooting a transgender victim following a sexual act, federal authorities announced. Jerry Tyree, who has previous weapon and drug convictions in Maryland and the District, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of aggravated assault while armed for shooting his victim in November last year in Northeast DC. Court documents state that Tyree met his victim at the intersection of Eastern Avenue NE and Foote Street NE shortly before 2 p.m., on Nov. 29, 2023, where they negotiated a price for oral sex. The two then walked to …
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