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Firefighters Rescue Residents Of DC Apartment Building In Pre-Dawn Blaze Firefighters Rescue Residents Of DC Apartment Building In Pre-Dawn Blaze
Firefighters Rescue Residents Of DC Apartment Building In Pre-Dawn Blaze Firefighters rescued several residents of a DC apartment building as flames swept through it early Tuesday, Aug. 1. The fire on the 4100 block of Livingston Road SE broke out in the pre-dawn hours, ravaging the first floor of the three-story building, according to DC Fire and EMS and ABC affiliate WJLA. Ladders placed at all levels that could be used to assist occupants to safety as well as give firefighters access and a means to escape should conditions deteriorate. #DCsBravest pic.twitter.com/VH8PxYlEKl — DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) August 1, 2023 One person was apparently hospitali…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Near-Drowning Victims Airlifted After Being Pulled From DC Pool: Reports Near-Drowning Victims Airlifted After Being Pulled From DC Pool: Reports
Near-Drowning Victims Airlifted After Being Pulled From DC Pool: Reports Two near-drowning victims at a Washington DC pool were resuscitated by a CPR instructor who happened to be nearby and DC's first responders, according to various news reports. After the man and woman were pulled from the bottom of the deep end at the Theodore Hagans Pool around 5 p.m., Thursday, July 13, Jermaine Hunter got to work, as reported by WJLA. Hunter has 15 years of CPR instruction, he told the outlet. MPD officers, lifeguards and Hunter continued CPR until DC Fire and EMS arrived, who were able to resuscitate the victims, they confirmed.  According to Fox5, the victims…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UVA Shooting Suspect In Custody, Victims ID'd As Football Players: Officials UVA Shooting Suspect In Custody, Victims ID'd As Football Players: Officials
UVA Shooting Suspect In Custody, Victims ID'd As Football Players: Officials Authorities have arrested the suspect wanted in the University of Virginia shooting that left three people dead and two wounded on Sunday, Nov. 13. Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., a UVA student and former walk-on football player from the Petersburg area, was taken into custody just before 11 a.m., according to the UVA Police Department. The 22-year-old was captured on the 5700 block of Edgelawn Street, after an officer spotted the suspect's vehicle in the eastern part of Henrico County, local police said on Twitter. Good evening, On behalf of the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office, please …

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by Nicole Acosta & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Dating Profile Of VA 'Werewolf Killer' Has Prosecutors Worried For Single Women Dating Profile Of VA 'Werewolf Killer' Has Prosecutors Worried For Single Women
Dating Profile Of VA 'Werewolf Killer' Has Prosecutors Worried For Single Women Pankaj Bhasin's dating profile says he's an easygoing adventurer who just got back from two years of traveling.  What it doesn't say is that he's nicknamed the "Werewolf Killer" and that his vacation was actually a three-year stint in a Northern Virginia mental institution. Bhasin, 37 — who has ties to Blackwood and East Brunswick, NJ — was found not guilty by reason of insanity a year after he drove from his Central Jersey home to Alexandria, VA and fatally stabbed 65-year-old Bradford Jackson, a complete stranger to him.   Bhasin was released from the N…

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by AJ Goldbloom & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Two Arrested After Driving Into Prince George's Police Officer, Several Police Cruisers Two Arrested After Driving Into Prince George's Police Officer, Several Police Cruisers
Two Arrested After Driving Into Prince George's Police Officer, Several Police Cruisers Two people were arrested after hitting a Prince George's County police officer and several police cruisers with a car, reports WJLA. Officers patrolling the 3300 block of Walters Lane when they noticed an illegally parked vehicle around 9:10 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 8. When an officer got out to approach the vehicle, the vehicle sped off, hitting the officer and multiple police cruisers as it fled down Pennsylvania Avenue, the outlet continues. Police chased the vehicle for about three miles before stopping it in the 4300 block of Byers Street, where an unidentified man and woman were taken i…

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by Annie DeVoe
News
Fairfax County Students Invent Automated Walker In Aim To Treat Parkinson's Symptoms Fairfax County Students Invent Automated Walker In Aim To Treat Parkinson's Symptoms
Fairfax County Students Invent Automated Walker In Aim To Treat Parkinson's Symptoms Two young women from Fairfax County have worked together to create an ingenious device to treat symptoms of Parkinson's disease, WJLA said. Kaavya Karthikeyan and Akanksha Tibrewala, best friends and classmates at Chantilly High School, invented an automated walker to assist people with Parkinson's and those who struggle to walk, the website said. Two years ago, inspired by Tibrewala's great-grandmother who had Parkinson's disease, the two students began the project after notificing there were no automated walkers for people with disabilities, reports said. The two girls are both passionat…

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by AJ Goldbloom
Police & Fire
Former VA School Superintendent Was Told About Counselor's Sex Crimes Before He Was Hired Former VA School Superintendent Was Told About Counselor's Sex Crimes Before He Was Hired
Former VA School Superintendent Was Told About Counselor's Sex Crimes Before He Was Hired A former Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent Dr. allegedly knew about a middle school counselor's sex crime when he was hired, according to WJLA. Dr. Michelle Reid, the current superintendent, claimed she just recently learned about Darren Thornton's criminal past; however, Chesterfield County Police notified the superintendent via email back in November 2020, the website said. Reid was allegedly not in the position of superintendent at the time, reports said. Warren, who was arrested for solicitation of prostitution from a minor, was working at Glasgow Middle School, but was …

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by AJ Goldbloom
Police & Fire
Pregnant Woman Struck In Southeast D.C. Shooting Where Nearly 100 Rounds Were Fired: Report Pregnant Woman Struck In Southeast D.C. Shooting Where Nearly 100 Rounds Were Fired: Report
Pregnant Woman Struck In Southeast D.C. Shooting Where Nearly 100 Rounds Were Fired: Report A pregnant woman is in stable condition after she was shot in Southeast D.C., according to WJLA.  Officers arrived at the Parkchester Apartments near Birney Place at around 3 p.m. on July 27, where they discovered a pregnant woman had been shot multiple times, the outlet reported.  90 shots were fired during the shooting and law enforcement did not believe the woman, who is the property manager of the apartments, was the intended target, WJLA said. Click here for the full story from WJLA.

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by AJ Goldbloom
Police & Fire
Video Shows Tysons Corner Mall Shooting Suspect In Argument Before Shots Fired Video Shows Tysons Corner Mall Shooting Suspect In Argument Before Shots Fired
Video Shows Tysons Corner Mall Shooting Suspect In Argument Before Shots Fired Police say a D.C.-based rapper fired shots at the Tysons Corner Center mall last week, causing pandemonium for several minutes as shoppers ran out of the building in fear. A recently surfaced video on social media shows an altercation between the shooter and multiple people ahead of the shooting, police confirmed.  Fairfax County police said they are looking for Noah Settles, who goes by the stage name No Savage. Settles, investigators said, got into an argument with a group of people around 3 p.m. Saturday, June 18, pulled his gun, and fired several shots inside the mall.  They said he sp…

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by Josh Lanier