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Details There has been no change in the number of homicides in Washington, DC from February to March, according to D.C. Witness data. The data show that there were 11 homicides... Read More

D.C. Witness Report: Homicide Defendants and Pretrial Release

Details Judges didn’t release as many homicide defendants in 2019 as they did in 2018, data shows According to DC Code, Washington, DC criminal defendants cannot be held in jail from... Read More

February Homicides Decrease from January, Remain Unchanged from Year Before

Details D.C. Witness data shows that the total number of homicides in February decreased from January, but remain unchanged from a year ago. According to D.C. Witness data, there were 11... Read More

Data Shows More Homicides in Ward 6 in January

Details With a total of 15 homicides in Washington, DC in January, one-third of them occurred in Ward 6. The homicide count is higher than any other Ward in January. In... Read More

Data Shows Christmas As Only Homicide-free Holiday in DC

By D.C. Witness Staff - January 29, 2020
Featured | Homicides | Infographics |

Details D.C. Witness data uncovered a bit of Christmas cheer within a dark trend throughout the city. According to D.C. Witness data, there has been at least two homicides on major... Read More

Shooting Trend Continues in DC

Details For another month, shootings have accounted for more homicides in DC than any other crime. There have been 10 homicides in DC. Nine of the ten were from gun-related shootings.... Read More

Shootings Account for Most Homicides in DC in November

Details Gun-related homicides mostly accounted for all of the homicides that occurred in Washington, DC during the month of November. A majority of the fatal shootings occurred in Southeast, DC, according... Read More

Homicides Increase in October

Details Homicides in the District of Columbia increased by three in October; most of the incidents were gun-related. Overall, D.C. Witness data shows that there have been 157 homicides in the... Read More

What Time Do Most DC Homicides Occur?

Details At what time do most homicides occur in Washington, DC? D.C. Witness data shows that there have been 733 homicides in DC from Jan. 1, 2015, to Oct. 1. Of... Read More

What Time Do Most DC Homicides Occur?

Details At what time do most homicides occur in Washington, DC? D.C. Witness data shows that there have been 733 homicides in DC from Jan. 1, 2015, to Oct. 1. Of... Read More

Homicides in Last 3 Months Nearly Half the Amount of Murders in First 6 Months of 2019

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 23, 2019
Featured | Homicides | Infographics |

Details Gun-related homicides from July 1 to Sept. 30 totaled nearly half of the number of homicides that occurred in the first half of the year. According to D.C. Witness data,... Read More

Four Teens Shot to Death in September

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 5, 2019
Featured | Homicides | Infographics | Victims |

Details Four teens died from shootings in September. According to D.C. Witness data, nearly all of the 15 homicides in September resulted from shootings, one resulted from a stabbing. September’s homicide count... Read More