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Missing
July 8, 2023

DC Teen Missing for 10 Days Found Safe

A 16-year-old girl missing from Southeast Washington, D.C., for ten days has been found safe. Taylor Mathis Johnson took out the trash and then headed off to have her hair done on June 29, the Black and Missing Foundation said. She was spotted in the Wharf area that evening, but she didn’t come home and …

Bombing
July 2, 2023

DC Police Looking for Info on Explosions Blocks from Capitol

Police in Washington, D.C., are looking for a suspect or suspects who set off an “explosive device” at a bank ATM and a Nike store and threw “a Molotov cocktail style object” at a grocery store several blocks apart early Sunday morning. All three incidents “caused damage to the location,” police said. Investigators said they …

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Juveniles
July 26, 2022

11-Year-Old Driver of Stolen Kia Hits 7-Year-Old

A 7-year-old boy was seriously injured Monday evening when an 11-year-old boy hit him in a stolen car. Police said the crash happened in the parking lot of the Town Hall Education Arts Recreation Campus shortly before 7 p.m. The victim was flown by helicopter to a hospital with leg injuries but is expected to …

Attempted Murder
July 25, 2022

Daycare Owner Shoots Husband Over Allegations He Was Molesting Children

A Maryland woman is expected in court Monday on charges that she shot her husband in a D.C. hotel last week — because, she said, he had allegedly been molesting children at a day care she runs. Shanteari Weems, 50, has been charged with assault with intent to kill and several gun charges, according to …

Shooting
November 29, 2021

Family Lawyers Up After Toddler Shot and Killed, Gun Disappears

Police in the District of Columbia are struggling to find answers in the fatal shooting of a 23-month-old boy last week after family members who were present at the time reportedly stopped cooperating and contacted a lawyer. Officers found Legend Wheeler with a gunshot wound Wednesday afternoon and rushed him to a nearby hospital, where …

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Assault
June 14, 2021

CAUGHT ON VIDEO: Woman dragged by hair out of D.C. bar

A security guard at a popular LGBT bar in Washington, D.C., dragged a patron out by her hair Saturday night, prompting protests and eventually the firing of the security company. Another patron captured the horrific incident on video, as the terrified woman was dragged down a flight of stairs, TMZ reported. Keisha Young, 22, told …

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Missing
June 6, 2021

Toddler missing after SUV is stolen, recovered

A 2-year-old boy was inside a black Jeep Renegade when it was stolen in southeastern DC late Sunday. The vehicle has been recovered, according to NBC 4, but Renerando Brown was gone. The toddler is described as Black, wearing a black onsie, black hat, and black Jordan shoes. The vehicle was stolen from the 500 …

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Road Rage
June 3, 2021

SEE IT: Road raging Maserati driver shoots mom with kids in the car

Washington, D.C., police are looking for a man they say shot a woman in front of her 5- and 11-year-old children when she allegedly cut him off in traffic two weeks ago. The woman, who asked not to be named, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, and police have seized the Maserati driven by Kenneth Miles Davis Jr, …