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Two In Custody Following Standoff With Police In Northwest DC (DEVELOPING) Two In Custody Following Standoff With Police In Northwest DC (DEVELOPING)
Two In Custody Following Standoff With Police In Northwest DC (Developing) Two people were taken into custody in Northwest DC following a standoff with members of the Metropolitan Police Department that led to several roads being closed in the area. The incident began shortly after 8 a.m. on Thursday morning when an officer was flagged down regarding a possible armed robbery in the area of 8th Street and Florida Avenue NW that ended with two people running inside a building in the 2000 block of Georgia Avenue and barricading themselves inside. Members of the department's Emergency Response Team were able to breach building near Howard University - which was not in…

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Separate Fatal Shootings 90 Minutes Apart In DC Under Investigation, MPD Says Separate Fatal Shootings 90 Minutes Apart In DC Under Investigation, MPD Says
Separate Fatal Shootings 90 Minutes Apart In DC Under Investigation, MPD Says Two people were found shot and killed over the course of approximately an hour-and-a-half on Wednesday night as Metropolitan Police detectives investigate a pair of fatal shootings. The night of violence began at approximately 7:53 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, when officers in the Fourth District were called to the 6400 block of 8th Street in Northwest, DC to investigate reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers found 20-year-old Southeast resident Rasheed Byles suffering from a gunshot wound. He was rushed to an area hospital by DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel, where …

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by Zak Failla