CRIME & SAFETY
Person hurt after school bus crashes into Hyattsville home
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A school bus crashed into a home in Hyattsville on Thursday morning. Pete Piringer, a spokesman for Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, said in a post on X at 9:16 a.m. that the school bus crashed into a home in the 10000 block of Riggs Rd. […]
Police: 3 men shot in Northeast DC
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said three men were shot in Northeast D.C. on Friday afternoon. MPD received a call about the shooting in the 1200 block of Mt. Oliver Rd. NE at 12:23 p.m. The men shot were taken to the hospital while conscious and breathing. Police released a […]
Woman punched in face by man inside DC Safeway
WASHINGTON - Authorities are investigating after a woman was punched in the face by a man as she shopped in an aisle inside a Washington, D.C. Safeway grocery store. The attack happened just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the 5500 block of Connecticut Avenue. A witness tells FOX 5 that...
3 people try to break into apartment with crowbar in DC, video shows
WASHINGTON — Police are asking for the public's help identifying three people who were caught on camera trying to break into an apartment building using a crowbar. The Metropolitan Police Department say the crime happened on Savannah Street Southeast, nearby 19th Street Southeast, around 10:40 a.m. on April 5. The culprits involved in the crime were captured on nearby surveillance camera.
Arrest made in Glenarden LA Fitness shooting
GLENARDEN, Md. — A man is in custody for shooting a man during an argument inside an LA Fitness gym in Glenarden, Maryland. Nelson Ballard III, 24, was arrested Wednesday, according to police. Back on April 11, at around 8:30 p.m., officers with the Glenarden Police Department responded to...
Antwain Ulmer Charged With Murder Of Charles Sullivan In DC
District resident Antwain Ulmer has been charged with murder while armed and weapons offenses in connection to the July shooting of 30-year-old Charles Sullivan last year. The shooting was reported inside a convenience store in the 700 block of Kenilworth Avenue NE. Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department were called...
'People are fed up' | Deanwood neighbors react after man robbed in broad daylight in his yard
WASHINGTON — A D.C. resident who was just trying to do yardwork wound up the victim of a crime, robbed of hundreds of dollars. Police are searching for his attacker. Around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Deanwood, the man robbed told WUSA9 he was shoveling dirt from in front of his house into the bed of a truck when a man approached him, pointed a gun at him and demanded money.
Teens caught on camera ransacking Southeast DC CVS
WASHINGTON - Multiple teens are wanted after they were seen on camera robbing and ransacking a CVS in Southeast D.C. Police say around 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, the large group of juveniles went into the drug store in the 1100 block of New Jersey Avenue, Southeast, where they stole items and assaulted a security guard.
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