Shootings and Violent Crime

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (121+ words) A man will spend more than three decades in prison after a football rivalry turned deadly. A judge sentenced 23-year-old Antonio Hawley to 32 years behind bars for first-degree murder. Hawley was 18 when investigators say he shot 26-year-old Aaron Wiggins. They…...

12+ hour, 20+ min ago   (124+ words) The 1975 mystery of who killed a dancer in a Howard County industrial park started to unravel in a Loyola University classroom. A forensic science student in a 2023 course on cold cases approached guest speaker Detective Wade Zufall, Howard Police’s one-man…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (214+ words) Antonio “Slick” Hawley was sentenced to 32 years in prison Friday for the fatal shooting of Aaron Wiggins after a flag football game at a school in Southeast D.C. Judge Danya Dayson also ordered Hawley to serve five years of…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (418+ words) Mamta Bhatt’s mother cried while testifying that she used to speak to her daughter every day until she disappeared. Details in this report are disturbing. Testimony continues Thursday in the trial of a Northern Virginia man accused of killing his…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (78+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Federal law enforcement officials are investigating whether people in Iowa were also…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (376+ words) A Loudoun County man accused of shooting and killing his wife inside their Aldie home appeared in court Wednesday morning. Prosecutors say when he was arrested in Pennsylvania, he was found with a hit list in his car. News4’s Drew…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (401+ words) Naresh Bhatt is accused of killing and dismembering Mamta Bhatt, his wife. News4’s Drew Wilder reports from the first day of jury selection, where the judge asked potential jurors to delete all social media and news apps from the phones....

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (99+ words) A boy was shot and killed in Southeast D.C. Tuesday morning. D.C. police said officers were called to the 2700 block of Minnesota Avenue at around 11:40 a.m. for reports of a shooting. Authorities said dn older juvenile male had been shot. He was not…...

5+ day, 10+ hour 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…...

6+ day, 8+ 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…...