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Suspect wanted in fatal hit-and-run in Northwest DC
WASHINGTON - D.C. police are looking for a driver they say was responsible for a fatal hit-and-run. The crash happened on Georgia Avenue in Northwest D.C. Police say they found a man around 11:15 p.m. Saturday on the 3100 block of Georgia Avenue here in Park View. Police said the...
Five teens arrested for CVS theft in Navy Yard
WASHINGTON (7News) — Five teens were arrested for stealing several items from a CVS store in Navy Yard earlier in April, announced the Metropolitan Police Department. A group of teen girls and boys went into a CVS store in the 1100 block of New Jersey Avenue in Southeast, D.C. on April 16, police said. The group stormed the store, took some items and left.
Police ID man shot, killed inside DC restaurant; suspect charged in nightclub shooting
WASHINGTON - Authorities have identified the man who was shot and killed inside a D.C. restaurant over the weekend and have charged a man they say shot six people at a nearby nightclub just hours earlier. Officers on patrol in northwest Washington say the sound of gunfire just before 1:15...
DC forecast: Monday temperatures could reach 90-degrees
WASHINGTON - Near record high temperatures could reach 90 degrees on Monday in the Washington, D.C. region. FOX 5’s Taylor Grenda says temperatures will quickly rise throughout the morning, making it hot and humid. Clear and sunny skies are expected all day. The high temperatures near 90 could make it the hottest day so far this year.
Getting at the root of poverty, MD Food Bank provides neighborhood impact grants
Seven hundred thousand Marylanders don't get enough food. The Maryland food bank has been fighting hunger for decades. Now they hope to get at the root of food insecurity with a new grant program -- we hear about it from COO Meg Kimmel. Plus, Eric Jackson, head of the Black...
April 29 Summer Heat Today May Reach A Record Then Cooler End To The Week
Summer Heat will build this week. After reaching a high temperature of 86ºF at BWI on Sunday, Baltimore and central Maryland are poised to reach the lower 90s today. This brief taste of summer could approach the record high of 91ºF set 50 years ago in 1974. A...
Document: MPD Arrests Southwest Stabbing Suspect
Thank you for reading D.C. Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced the arrest of a suspect, who was taken into custody at a homicide scene, on April 27 on the 100 block of T Street, SW. According to MPD documents, officers responded...
Car fire breaks out in Kensington auto body shop
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews were at the scene of a fire in an auto body shop in Kensington on Sunday evening. David Pazos, Assistant Chief with Montgomery County Fire and Rescue, said the fire happened at 6:40 p.m. at Kelly’s Autobody, which is at 10644 […]
Pedestrian killed in Jessup hit-and-run
BALTIMORE -- A man died in a hit-and-run collision overnight in Jessup, Howard County police said. Investigators believe the man was crossing Washington Boulevard at Patuxent Range Road around 3 a.m. when a dark-colored sedan struck him. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Preliminary findings suggest the man was not in the crosswalk at the time of the crash, police said. He was not immediately identified. The sedan did not remain at the scene. No further information about the car was available. An investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information on the collision is asked to contact PFC Germain at 410-313-3205 or sgermain@howardcountymd.gov.
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