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Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Over Money

Details A homicide defendant pleaded not guilty to seven charges before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Oct. 1. Jahi Settles, 23, is charged with first-degree murder while armed, second-degree... Read More

DC Homicides, Non-Fatal Shootings Down Sharply From July to August

Details There were 11 homicide incidents with 15 victims in August as well as ten non-fatal shooting events wounding ten people, according to D.C. Witness data compiled on Sept. 6. That’s... Read More

Two Mass Shootings Among Incidents Causing 24 Deaths in July

Details As of Aug. 5, D.C. Witness data shows there were 22 homicide incidents in July, claiming the lives of 24 individuals. There were also 26 non-fatal shooting victims, in 17... Read More

Judge Denies Homicide Defendant’s Release From Solitary Confinement

Details On July 31, a repeat homicide defendant requested DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun order the DC Jail to move him out of a year-long stay in solitary confinement to... Read More

April Sees Steep Spike in DC Homicides, Non-Fatal Shootings

Details According to D.C. Witness data, there were 17 homicide victims and 42 non-fatal shooting victims in April, as reported from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). April data shows a nearly... Read More

Carjackers Are a ‘Real Threat’ But Data Shows Relatively Few Are Convicted

By Jeff Levine - April 29, 2024
Daily Stories | Data | Featured |

Details While carjackings have tripled in recent years and remain a “real threat,” says a source in the US Attorney’s office, most offenders don’t get caught. For the relatively few that... Read More

D.C. Witness Data Shows Homicides Drop 30 Percent in March

Details According to D.C. Witness data, there were 11 homicide victims and 16 non-fatal shooting victims in March, based on press releases by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). All March homicides... Read More

Data Shows Significant Increase in Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Rates from January to February

Details According to D.C. Witness data, there was a 77 percent increase in homicides and 69 percent increase in non-fatal shootings in February when compared to numbers from January. As of... Read More

Defendant Receives Eight Year Sentence in Non-Fatal Shooting

Details On Feb. 9, D.C Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentenced a defendant for his involvement in a non-fatal shooting incident in 2019. Kenneth Gray, 24, was originally charged with two... Read More

Data Shows Significant Decrease in Homicide Rate from December 2023 to January 2024

Details According to D.C. Witness data, there was a 59 percent decrease in homicides in January when compared to numbers from December 2023. January had nine homicides and 13 non-fatal shootings,... Read More

Annual Homicide Rate Increased Nearly Fifty Percent Since 2015, D.C. Witness Data Shows

Details While judges expressed their concerns about the troubling rise of crime in the city, and the city council tried to come up with solutions, 2023 turned out to be a... Read More

Data Shows 22 Homicides in December Ending The District’s Deadliest Year in Decades

Details D.C. Witness data shows that in December 2023 there were seven non-fatal shootings and 22 homicides in the District. Of those 22 homicides, three were stabbings and the rest shootings. ... Read More