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DC Council members push for info on what's being done to prevent gun violence 07/29/2021 01:49pm • D.C. Council members held a hearing Thursday on gun violence prevention. Many questions surrounded the District's current programs and if they're working given recent area shootings. "What makes someone a shooter and how do our programs right now prevent that from happening," said D.C. council DC mayor asks council for $11M for more police officers 07/28/2021 05:38pm • The D.C. mayor and the police chief Wednesday stressed the need for additional recruits for the police department and increased community engagement with both violence-interruption programs and police in order to combat violent crime in the District. In a Wednesday news conference announcing the Arrest made in killing of 6-year-old Nyiah Courtney 07/28/2021 02:33pm • D.C. police chief Robert Contee announced Wednesday that 22-year-old Marktwan Hargraves, of Waldorf, Maryland, was arrested in connection with the shooting that killed 6-year-old Nyiah Courtney and injured four others. "I stood before you just over a week ago and said we would get justice for 6-y DC Superior Court answers criticism from police chief 07/24/2021 02:56pm • The Chief Judge of D.C. Superior Court is defending the courts against harsh criticism leveled by D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee Friday, who accused the court system of allowing violent criminals to roam the streets of the District. "The D.C. Courts remain committed and determined to do what we DC grant program aims to stop gun violence at the grassroots level 07/21/2021 07:13pm • D.C. leaders are encouraging residents to take advantage of the Building Blocks DC grant program, which is aimed at curbing gun violence in the district and it's putting the resources needed to help transform communities into the hands of residents. "Crime has never been down, crime has always be Amid juvenile justice reform push, commission examines Maryland's high rate of trying young people as adults 07/21/2021 12:29pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Before he spoke at the Juvenile Justice Reform Council Tuesday afternoon, Dwayne Betts was told he had three minutes of their time. The Former Fairfax Co. cop indicted on sex crimes 07/20/2021 08:50pm • A former officer with the Fairfax County, Virginia, police department has been indicted on charges of sexual misconduct with a minor. During a Tuesday news briefing, Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said John Grimes is accused of engaging in sexual misconduct with a minor in Off-duty DEA agent charged with carrying badge and gun at Capitol riot 07/20/2021 06:10pm • ▶ Watch Video: Marking 6 months since deadly assault on U.S. Capitol An off-duty special agent for the Drug Enforcement Agency carried his government-issued firearm while attending the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents unsealed Tuesday. Prosecutors say he DC 911 interim head orders mandatory overtime to halt staffing shortages 07/19/2021 08:49pm • The interim director of D.C.'s 911 system has ordered mandatory overtime amid concerns that not enough call-takers are on-hand to deal with emergency calls. "They don't have enough people," said safety advocate Dave Statter, paraphrasing a staff email sent Friday by Office of Unified Communicatio Car connected to DC 6-year-old's killing found burned 07/19/2021 12:07pm • D.C. police said Monday they've found the car used in the drive-by shooting that killed a 6-year-old girl and wounded five others, including her mother. Nyiah Courtney was set to start first grade at Ingenuity Prep School in Southeast, where she attended kindergarten. The school shared a photo o After shooting near Nats Park, Bowser details efforts to combat gun violence 07/19/2021 09:44am • Following a shooting near Nationals Park on Saturday that left three people wounded, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser outlined efforts to combat gun violence in the District. Bowser told WTOP on Monday the city is focused on the "full spectrum of services, from prevention efforts, like we have with our B Drug trafficker pleads guilty to role in 2011 Reston murder 07/19/2021 09:06am • A Maryland man the U.S. Department of Justice describes as a longtime fugitive pleaded guilty last week to aiding and abetting a drug-related murder in 2011 in Fairfax County, Virginia. Fifty-five-year-old Saul Pacheco Mejia of Beltsville arranged to sell cocaine in Reston on Dec. 12, 2011, accor Conflict of interest? Company hired to review troubled DC crime lab wins new contract with same lab 07/19/2021 07:27am • The Firearms Examination Unit of the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences analyzes ballistics evidence. (WTOP/Megan Cloherty) In late May, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced she was bringing in a forensic consulting firm to perform an independent review of the city’s troubled crime lab, which In Trump's Jan. 6 recast, attackers become martyrs, heroes 07/18/2021 11:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A cocktail of propaganda, conspiracy theory and disinformation — of the kind intoxicating to the masses in the darkest turns of history — is fueling delusion over the agonies of Jan. 6. Hate is “love.” Violence is “peace.” The pro-Donald Trump attackers are patriot DC police ask for help to ID vehicle used in shooting death of 6-year-old 07/17/2021 08:44pm • D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee, flanked by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser at a Saturday afternoon news conference, asked for the public’s help to identify a silver sedan used in a Friday night drive-by shooting that left six-year-old Nyiah Courtney dead. The vehicle of interest D.C. police are aski