Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee III provided the public with updates on four shootings that happened on Jan. 27. He gave an update on two different homicides- one…
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Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee III announced that two arrests have been made in separate shootings that took place in the past week. An arrest was made in…
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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) held a press conference on an arrest made in a shooting that killed a Peace Corps executive. Police Chief Robert J. Contee III said 53-year-old…
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After spending nearly a year wanted for murder, Nyjell Outler was apprehended in Florida. Outler, 19, allegedly shot two men at a gender reveal party on March 20, 2021, on the…
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November had the lowest homicide count in 2021, with only ten in total, according to D.C. Witness data. One homicide victim recently had a homicide case of his own dismissed…
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Homicides in October increased by 50 percent from September and have outpaced homicides from October 2020, according to D.C. Witness data. Homicides rose in the District of Columbia in October…
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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Robert J. Contee III informed the public of an officer-involved shooting on Oct. 18 that resulted in the death of a 30-year-old man. Just after…
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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Robert J. Contee III informed the public of an officer-involved shooting that occurred on Aug. 31. Contee told the public that, shortly before 7:00 p.m.,…
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The Metropolan Police Department (MPD) has identified the decedent in an Aug. 25 officer involved shooting. A little before 2:45 a.m., officers were called to the area of Florida Avenue,…
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Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee III told the public that police fatally shot a man who was found asleep in his car with a gun during the early…
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Three fatal shootings happened on Saturday, Aug. 7. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) has made an arrest in connection with one of them. At about 1:45 a.m. police responded to…
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Twenty-one homicides happened in DC during the month of July, an approximately 10.5 percent increase from June. Shootings were the main cause of death for all but one of the…
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