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By D.C. Witness Staff - April 22, 2024
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Details D.c. Witness data shows how homicides have shifted in the District since 2015. Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 16, 2024
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Details With a total of 287 homicides in 2023, the video breaks down the number of lethal incidents by Ward.  Read More

By Andy Tripathi [former] , Caleigh Bartash [former] - March 22, 2022
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Details This case was acquitted on Nov. 15, 2023. A DC Superior Court judge questioned a prosecutor on why a murder defendant arrested in July 2020 has not yet been indicted.... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 21, 2022
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Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating the death of a pedestrian who was struck twice by vehicles at the intersection of New York and New Jersey Avenues, NW. At approximately... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - December 8, 2021
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Details Please consider donating to our end of year fundraising campaign. All donations received by Dec. 31 will be matched by a sponsor. Donations are tax deductible. Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 28, 2021
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Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are asking for the public’s help identifying and locating a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of an on-duty Special Police Officer on Sept. 21.... Read More

By Andrea Keckley [former] - March 30, 2021
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Details John Littlejohn says he’ll never forget the Saturday night he sat on a church’s steps high on PCP. “The police were making patrols in the neighborhood,” he recalls. “I was... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - February 9, 2021
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Details From June 16 to Sept. 30, there were 448 domestic violence defendants presented during initial hearings at the DC Superior Court, in which 75 defendants were held. Domestic Violence Holds... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 17, 2021
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Details DC’s homicide count for 2020 was higher than it was in 2018, 2017 or 2016, according to D.C. Witness data. But so far, the homicide count for 2021 has outpaced... Read More

By Andrea Keckley [former] - January 7, 2021
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Details Washington, DC had 205 homicides in 2020. That’s about a 12 percent increase from the previous year, which saw 180.  The homicide count for 2020 is also higher than it... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - January 7, 2021
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Details Washington, DC had 205 homicides in 2020. That’s about a 12 percent increase from the previous year, which saw 180.  The homicide count for 2020 is also higher than it... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - December 24, 2020
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Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is seeking a suspect in connection to a second-degree burglary offense that occurred on Dec. 23. At around 5:08 a.m., the suspect broke into an... Read More