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Police ID Maryland Man Killed During Mass Northeast DC Shooting; Gunmen At Large
New details have been released by the Metropolitan Police Department after the fatal mass shooting in the Carver-Langston neighborhood in Northeast DC on Wednesday night that left a Maryland man dead. Largo resident Aubrey McLeod, 29, has been identified by investigators as the person killed by shooters in an incident that left five others - including two children - hospitalized, officials say. #Update: Chief Smith holds a news conference on the shooting that injured 6 people in the 1100 block of 21st Street Northeast tonight. pic.twitter.com/B6DRhDMQYJ — DC Police Department (@DCPolice…
Police & Fire
Loaded Gun, Magazine Seized From Unlicensed MD Duo In Virginia Traffic Stop: Cops
A loaded gun, magazine, and "distribution amount" of marijuana was seized from a Maryland couple during a routine traffic stop in Arlington, authorities aid. Officers stopped a vehicle at 15th Street S. at Richmond Highway Wednesday evening, March 27, for a moving violation and improper registration, police said. Neither the driver, Jonavan Nickens, 25, of Hyattsville, nor his passenger, Carlita Marbley, 25, of District Heights, had a valid driver's license, authorities said. During a search of the car, a loaded firearm with extended magazine and a distribution amount of marijuana wer…
Schools
Teen Arrested With Weapon On School Grounds That Led To Lockdown In Virginia: Police
An 18-year-old student at an Arlington County high school was arrested after being caught with a gun on school grounds by administrators. Tashawn Carter was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon following an investigation into reports of a weapon that was found at the Langston High School Continuation Program, where there was an alarm. Police say that a school administrator located a firearm in Carter's possession, prompting a temporary lockdown while responding officers investigated. The Arlington native was taken into custody without incident and charged with possession of…
Police & Fire
'To Families Of Men About To Be Slain:' Feds Detail Letter Written By Would-Be VA Church Gunman
A 35-year-old Virginia man is facing new federal charges months after showing up to to a church with a handgun and threatening to kill its members on social media, officials said. Falls Church resident Rui Jiang, 35, was charged with attempted aggravated murder of multiple people, after showing up to the Park Valley Church on Waverly Farm Drive in Haymarket with a handgun on Sunday, Sept. 24, Prince William County police said. Federal officials this week charged Jian by criminal complaint with posting threatening messages online against the congregants of a Haymarket church. A search of hi…
Police & Fire
Felon Brandished Weapon During Dispute Outside Arlington Apartments, Police Say
A convicted felon is facing fresh charges in Virginia after allegedly breaking out a handgun during an argument with an acquaintance in Arlington. Colin Brown, 44, was arrested overnight after members of the Arlington Police Department were called to the 100 block of North Thomas Street while he was brandishing a handgun, officials say. According to police, officers were called shortly before 10 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 15 to investigate an incident after Brown and a second man were outside an apartment building when they got into a heated dispute. During their fracas, it is alleged th…
Police & Fire
Butter Fingers: Careless Shopper Drops Handgun At Spotsylvania Towne Center
A 20-year-old man is in custody after dropping a loaded firearm on the floor of a Northern Virginia mall, police said. Thomas Ballard was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, shoplifting, and possession of marijuana while under 21, and being held in the Rappahannock Regional Jail under a $2,500 bond, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office said in a release. Ballard dropped the loaded gun on the floor of a business inside Spotsylvania Towne Center around 3 p.m. Sunday, July 23, then picked it up as if no one noticed, the SCSO said. Responding deputies detained Ballard near the f…
News
Handgun Seized From Traveler By TSA Officers At Dulles International Airport
A troubling trend continued in the DMV region as another traveler attempted to slip a handgun through security and onto a flight at an area airport. TSA officers at Washington Dulles International Airport were able to catch a Tennessee man from bringing a loaded .380 caliber handgun with six bullets and an additional seven bullets that were packed in a magazine alongside the weapon. The incident was reported on Sunday, April 16, one day after a similar scene played out at Reagan National Airport, also involving a traveler from Tennessee. Officials say that the firearm was caugh…
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TSA Catches Man With Loaded Magazines, Handgun At Reagan National Airport
A Tennessee man who tried boarding a flight at Reagan National Airport with a gun and loaded magazines was stopped thanks to Transportation Security Administration agents. The man had a .40 caliber unloaded gun at the airport on Saturday, April 15, TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. While the gun was not loaded, he had two loaded magazines with 19 bullets packed alongside the weapon. The firearm was caught as the man entered the security checkpoint. The X-ray unit alerted on a carry-on bag, which was searched and the firearm removed by a Metropolitan Washington Airpo…
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Mom Of VA 6-Year-Old Who Shot Teacher Released After Posting Bond
The mother of the 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot his first grade teacher has surrendered to authorities, but was released after posting $5,000 bond. Deja Taylor, 25, turned herself in Thursday April 13, to the Newport News City Jail in connection with the Jan. 6 shooting at Richneck Elementary School, that left Abigail Zwerner seriously injured. Taylor, who was charged with felony child neglect and misdemeanor recklessly leaving a loaded firearm to endanger a child, was released after posting a $5,000 bond. She's due back in court Friday, April 14 for a status hearing. Taylor's son …
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No Mulligan For Traveler Busted With Shotgun Hidden In Golf Bag At Reagan National Airport
Officials say that a tricky traveler tried to pull a fast one on TSA officers at Reagan National Airport in DC, though the agents were quick to pick up on the ruse. This week, TSA agents at the airport made a disturbing discovery when a traveler attempted to sneak a shotgun through security that was surreptitiously concealed in a golf bag seconding as an apparent gun case. Golfers: Do not pack your shotgun in your golf bag. It won't improve your shots off of the tee, fairway or green. This shotgun was removed from a checked bag at @Reagan_Airport by @TSA officers yesterday. That's not h…
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TSA Officers Prevent Gun-Toting VA Woman From Boarding Flight At Reagan National Airport
Officials say that a woman attempted to bring a loaded handgun onto a flight at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport before she was flagged down by TSA officers. On Monday, April 10, officers at the airport prevented a Spotsylvania woman from bringing a .380 caliber handgun that was loaded with five bullets as she went through a security checkpoint at the airport. Alarm bells were ringing - both literally and figuratively - when the X-ray unit at the checkpoint alerted TSA agents that there was a firearm inside a zippered pouch inside her purse, which she claims she carries for protec…
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Mother Of VA Boy Who Shot First-Grade Teacher Indicted, Charged With Child Neglect
The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia and left her with serious injuries has been indicted on a pair of charges, Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn announced. On Monday, April 10, officials said that a grand jury has returned two indictments related to the January shooting of 25-year-old educator Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a possibly disturbed student at Richneck Elementary School. Specifically, Deja Taylor, 25, has been charged with with felony child neglect and misdemeanor recklessly leaving a loaded firearm so as to endanger a child. The charges came foll…
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Negotiators Coaxed Barricade Suspect With Doughnuts During 34-Hour Standoff
In exchange for doughnuts, negotiators were able to get Brittany Copelin to throw out the magazine inside of her semiautomatic pistol during a 34-hour standoff that brought Richmond Highway to a halt up until her surrender on Thursday, March 30. Police are detailing the negotiation tactics and the events that led up to the barricade situation in Fairfax County, VA. Officers were called to the scene by a victim reported missing out of Laurel, MD on Tuesday, March 28. That victim told authorities she'd been abducted, Chief Kevin Davis said during a press briefing Thursday, March 30. That…
Schools
Teacher Shot By Student In Virginia On Road To Recovery
The first grade teacher who was shot by one of her 6-year-old students in Virginia was on the road to recovery as of Monday, Jan. 9. Abby Zwerner, 25, was able to confiscate the gun from her first grade student at Richneck Elementary School last week when he pulled the trigger, a parent tells the Washington Post. Zwerner was in serious but stable condition, confirms Richneck Elementary School in a statement. "We are happy to learn today that she is in stable condition and is talking with family and friends," school officials state. Zwerner had reportedly yelled to the rest of …
Schools
Grown Man Who Brought Gun To HS Altercation In VA Apprehended, Police Say
Authorities in Prince William County arrested a 35-year-old man who was busted with a handgun by officers at a Woodbridge high school as he sought to intervene during a fight. Woodbridge resident Giovanni Alexander London was arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 4 by members of the Prince William County Police Department who were called in to investigate an altercation at Freedom High School. According to police, London went to the school after being informed of an incident involving students at the high school. At one point, it is alleged that London entered the school illegally while in possessio…
News
'Prophet Of Doom' Pleads Guilty To Mass NYC Subway Shooting
UPDATE: An assailant who opened fire on a packed New York City subway train last year, wounding 10 commuters and igniting underground terror, admitted on Tuesday, Jan. 3 that he intended to cause mass harm. No one was killed in the horrific attack by Frank James, 63, which left victims strewn across a smoky 36th Street platform in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn at the height of the April 12 morning rush. Rather than risk the consequences of a guilty verdict at a jury trial, James took a deal from prosecutors. The heavyset and balding domestic terrorist -- who'd dubbed himself the…
News
Former Pittsburgh Steeler, NFL Star Antonio Brown Wanted For Domestic Abuse In Florida: Reports
After surrounding the former-wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers Antonio Brown's Florida home, the police have issued an arrest warrant in connection with a domestic assault, according to numerous news outlets. The 34-year-old supposedly beat the mother of his children with a shoe and "evicted her" from their home around 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 28, WTSP reports. The Tampa police surrounded the home and pulled out a megaphone saying "we're not going anywhere," on Thursday, Dec. 1, WFTS reported. He has access to two guns in the home, including one, w…
News
TSA: Another Midwesterner Nabbed With A Gun At Newark Airport As Thanksgiving Travel Begins
The second Midwesterner of the week was nabbed with a loaded gun at a Newark Airport security checkpoint, authorities reported. The 9mm handgun seized from an Illinois traveler's carry-on bag on Thursday was loaded with 12 bullets, including one in the chamber, the TSA's Lisa Farbstein said on Friday, Nov. 18. The firearm was the 13th found at Newark Airport checkpoints this year, more than the recent high of 12 last year. Thursday's armed traveler was also toting a 9-inch hunting knife, Farbstein said. "Both weapons were detected when the TSA officer who was staffing a checkpoint X-ray m…
Police & Fire
Two Travelers Caught With Loaded Guns At Reagan National Airport Checkpoint, TSA Says
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented two travelers from carrying loaded guns onto their flights at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport over the weekend, officials said. A Maryland man's .32 caliber gun was discovered in his carry-on bag at a security checkpoint on Saturday, Nov. 12, TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. It was loaded with six bullets. Once police were notified, the Capitol Heights resident was cited on weapons charges, and the gun was confiscated, she said. Then, on Sunday, Nov. 13, TSA officers stopped another man from carrying his .45 ca…
Police & Fire
Gunman Apprehended Following Mass Shooting At Gathering In Harrisonburg That Wounded Eight
A 20-year-old convicted felon is in custody following a mass shooting that left eight with gunshot wounds over the weekend not far from James Madison University in Virginia, authorities announced. Harrisonburg resident Tyreaf Isaiah Fleming was arrested on Sunday, Oct. 17 following the shooting, which happened in the 1500 block of Devon Lane in his hometown and left eight of his victims with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say that at approximately 2:20 a.m. on Sunday morning, witnesses stated that a suspect - later identified by investigators as Fleming - fired multiple shots into a …
Police & Fire
Multiple Students Arrested After Bringing Guns To Maryland High School
Two teenagers were arrested on the same day after bringing guns to Suitland High School, authorities say. Police first arrived at the high school to serve an arrest warrant for a 16-year-old boy who had been wanted for a District Heights carjacking in late June, officials said. A school resource officer located the student around 11 a.m., Monday, Aug. 29, and found a gun in the teen's waistband, according to Prince George's County police. Several hours later around 2 p.m., officers were alerted that a second teen was potentially armed with a gun, police said. Christopher Harris, 18, was loc…
News
'Drop The Gun!': Video Shows NJ Police Officer Shooting Fleeing Suspect
Footage from the body camera of a Paterson police officer who shot a fleeing suspect during a foot chase was released by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes on Friday. "Drop the gun!" Officer Jerry Moravek shouts several times as he chases Khalif Cooper, 28, down John Street around 3:30 a.m. June 11. Suddenly, two shots ring out and Cooper falls face down in the street. Moravek handcuffs Cooper, who repeatedly says, "I don't got no gun." "Shots fired," the officer says into his radio. "Send ALS [Advanced Life Support] and supervisors. Send ALS." Moravek repeatedly asks for an ambul…
News
'I Forgot,' 'I Didn't Know': Guns, Excuses Piling Up At Newark Airport Checkpoints
It doesn’t rank with airports in Atlanta, Houston or Dallas in terms of numbers, but Newark Liberty has had what the TSA and Port Authority say are an alarming amount of guns seized from passengers trying to board planes with them. And most of those things are loaded. It's become an epidemic, said Thomas Carter, the Transportation Security Administration’s director for New Jersey, during a Wednesday news conference at the airport. “Guns and ammunition are never allowed to pass through a security checkpoint to be carried onto a flight, even if a traveler has a concealed carry permit,” Cart…
Police & Fire
US Marshals In Virginia Nab 2 Teen Suspects In Mass Philly Shooting: DA
Two teenage suspects in the mass casualty shooting in Philadelphia last weekend were arrested Thursday, June 9 by members of the US Marshals Service in Norfolk, Virginia, authorities said. Quadir Dukes-Hill, 18, of Drexel Hill, and Nahjee Whittington, 18, of Philadelphia, were charged with murder, among other offenses, in Saturday's shooting on South Street, Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore said at an afternoon news conference. DA Krasner Provides Second Update on Investigation of South Street Mass Shooting Posted by Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office on Thursday, June…
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