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Community devastated after violent weekend in DC leaves teen dead
WASHINGTON — It was another violent week in the District. On Friday night, an 18-year-old man was killed and two others injured on 16th and W Street, Southeast in Historic Anacostia. On Saturday, a 38-year-old man was shot and killed in the 700 block of Atlantic Street, that’s in...
Maryland Weather: Evening sprinkles and showers with humidity
BALTIMORE - Mother Nature got the memo. Your first work-week of June is feeling very Summerlike... even though we still have about three weeks before the season changes. Heat and humidity will build over the next few days. A mixture of sunshine and clouds. An isolated shower or thunderstorm will be possible during the afternoon and early evening hours. Most places will stay dry, but a few neighborhoods will receive a 15 or 30-minute shower. High temperatures will top out in the middle 80s. Our area will have an easterly wind on Tuesday. This means humidity levels will be running high. Expect...
Dead bear found inside tied up black bag in Arlington
ARLINGTON, Va. — At the dead end of a dirt trail near her house, Sonia Nayar was stopped in her tracks. “There was a lot of smell, a strong smell and there were flies. A lot of flies," said Nayar who was on a walk with her son and dog Friday evening. "My dog just went directly to the bag."
Girl shot in Southeast DC
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said a girl was shot in Southeast D.C. overnight on Sunday. Police said that at about 12:05 a.m., they were dispatched to the 1600 block of S Street for a shooting. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a juvenile girl who had been […]
DC teen's missing therapy dog back home following FOX 5 report
WASHINGTON - A happy ending came Sunday for a D.C. teen whose therapy dog went missing last week. Maddie was heartbroken after her therapy dog, Bella, went missing from their yard in the Asheford Court neighborhood in Southeast D.C. The 19-year-old, who has autism, told FOX 5 she relies on...
Raucous Potomac mansion party leads to investigations
Residents of a Potomac, Maryland, neighborhood are reportedly steaming mad about a raucous house party that took place on Memorial Day weekend. Montgomery County officials tell WTOP they are looking into it. According to MoCo360, neighbors said they saw tour buses dropping swimsuit-clad partygoers off at the house on Stapleford...
Child in hospital after shooting self inside apartment in Prince George’s County
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — The Prince George’s County Police Department said a child was taken to the hospital after shooting self inside a Cheverly apartment on Sunday night. Police said that at about 10:45 pm, they were dispatched to an apartment in the 6400 block of Landover Road for the report […]
1 teenager dead amid a string of overnight shootings across DC
WASHINGTON (7News) — A string of overnight shootings across the District left one teenager dead, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The first shooting police responded to was in the 1700 block of Gales Street, Northeast around 10:40 p.m. Saturday. Police said they found a boy, later identified as 15-year-old Victor Bolden, suffering from a gunshot wound. Bolden was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Holes punched into memorial to Key Bridge collapse victims
The memorial to the victims who died in the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was vandalized. The artist behind the memorial on Fort Armistead Road told 11 News that five of the seven panels of the mural had large holes punched in them Friday night. The memorial's creators...
Police search for man who strangled, assaulted woman inside Woodbridge apartment
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Police are searching for a man accused of assaulting a woman inside an apartment in Woodbridge and refusing to let her leave. Arrest warrants are out for Quamel Thomson, 26, of Woodbridge, and attempts by police to locate him have so far been unsuccessful. Overnight Thursday,...
Sunday morning weather forecast
There will be more clouds than sun today and a chance of some late day and evening showers or an isolated rumble of thunder is possible. It won't be widespread and primarily over the Blue Ridge. A weak wave of low pressure and associated cold front moves in bringing the chance of wet weather with it.
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