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Federal Agent Says Surveillance Network Video Captured Homicide Scene
Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent testified about a national network of surveillance cameras that prosecutors say captured a 2019 fatal shooting incident in the District. The trial testimony was presented before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein on May 15.
Man killed in Riverdale Park; Prince George’s County police investigating
RIVERDALE PARK, Md. (DC News Now) — Police said that a 53-year-old man was killed in Riverdale Park on Wednesday afternoon. The Prince George’s County Police Department (PGPD) said that officers with the Riverdale Park Police Department were called to the 5700 block of Riverdale Rd. around 5:20 p.m. for an unresponsive man. Officers found […]
Dorothy Skinner, Loren Jones Killed In I-495 Crash
The eighth-grade student from Prince George's County who died in a single-vehicle crash earlier this month is being remembered as an "outgoing, jubilant, and artistic person" by her family. Hyattsville resident Loren Jones, 15, was killed in a crash on May 7 that also took the life of 74-year-old Dorothy...
Amtrak service delayed after person hit, killed by train in DC
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Officials said that one person died after being hit by a MARC train on Wednesday. Amtrak service out of D.C. was disrupted as a result. DC Fire and EMS said that crews were called to the 3600 block of New York Ave. NE after Amtrak said a train had hit […]
Teen charged in fatal Brookland Metro shooting to remain in custody until July trial
WASHINGTON (7News) — A juvenile court judge ordered a 16-year-old boy to remain in custody Friday. The boy is charged with second-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon for the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old middle school student at the Brookland Metro station in April. The 16-year-old sat...
David Frye Found Shot To Death In Fort Washington Park
David Frye has been identified by the Prince George's County Police Department as the person found with a fatal gunshot wound in a Fort Washington park early on Wednesday morning. At approximately 6:40 a.m. on May 15, officers and Maryland-National Capital Park Police members were called to a park in...
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