Crime and Public Safety

11+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1338+ words) A 911 call shows confusion when employees at a Virginia group home were asked about performing CPR on a nonverbal resident with disabilities as he was choking and dying. News4 obtained that 911 call from 2024 and a report that found legal advocates have…...

16+ hour, 23+ min ago   (368+ words) Four boys, one 13 years old and three 14 years old, have been arrested in connection with a series of burglaries in D.C. that police say escalated from break-ins at empty homes to armed burglaries and an attempted sexual assault. “It’s always concerning…...

21+ hour, 42+ min ago   (97+ words) A 17-year-old boy died after being shot Tuesday morning in Southeast D.C. A homicide investigation is underway, the interim police chief said. Officers responded to the 2700 block of Minnesota Avenue SE at about 11:40 a.m. They found the teen suffering from a gunshot…...

23+ hour, 10+ min ago   (454+ words) “In light of these findings and the government’s own admissions, a critical purpose of the requested investigations is to collect the facts — through witness interviews and the collection and analysis of electronic media and documents — necessary to hold accountable the…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (357+ words) The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the government’s motion to dissolve an injunction forbidding the Trump administration from deporting to Liberia the Maryland man wrongfully deported to El Salvador last year. News4’s Paul Wagner reports. Kilmar Ábrego Garcia on…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (314+ words) The Coolidge High School community is mourning the loss of a student athlete who was shot and killed in D.C.'s Petworth neighborhood Saturday night. The Coolidge High School community is mourning the loss of a student athlete who was shot…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (509+ words) The Virginia State Corporation Commission will allow documents detailing an internal investigation into NextEra Energy’s failed attempt to acquire Jacksonville, Florida’s public utility to be included in deliberations of the company’s $67 billion proposed merger with Dominion Energy. “I find the…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (254+ words) For the eighth year, Operation Deep Blue has honored police officers, firefighters and other first responders as well as selected military members who have made the ultimate sacrifice. The group, consisting of more than a dozen kayakers, began their journey…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (151+ words) A 17-year-old girl is dead after she and a man were shot in Northwest D.C. on Saturday evening, D.C. police said. Officers responded to the 3700 block of New Hampshire Avenue NW around 7 p.m. for a report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (381+ words) Antoinette Forbes' loved ones and friends have been working to search and to bring her home for the last month. Her sister, Aileen Forbes, said this has been one of the most difficult chapters for her family — especially in not…...