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Police: Man killed in Fairfax Co. crash after evading DUI checkpoint 04/22/2023 09:09pm • Fairfax County police have identified the man killed in a crash in Chantilly, Virginia. The Fairfax County Police Department said that around 1 a.m. on Saturday, 39-year-old Ashton Robinson, of Culpeper, was being pursued by Fauquier County deputies after he drove away from a DUI checkpoint in an 8 people hospitalized after shootings in Southeast DC 04/22/2023 12:02am • At least eight people were shot at two locations in Southeast on Friday night, according to D.C. police. At the first shooting scene, at the 500 block of Lebaum Street SE, D.C. police received reports of gunshots in the area around 10 p.m., Assistant Chief Andre Wright said at a news conference. Virginia State Police identify suspect who tried to flee traffic stop, swimming away 04/21/2023 09:15pm • Virginia State Police identified one of the two suspects who attempted to swim away from police after fleeing a crashed vehicle Wednesday. The two were attempting to avoid a traffic stop in Arlington but were later taken into custody. Bryant R. Mayo, 26, of D.C., was charged with one felony count Life in prison for Maryland man who shot father in front of his family 04/21/2023 08:24pm • A Maryland man was sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 110 years for the 2021 shooting of a Silver Spring man who was shot in his home in front of his family. On the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, Tremayne Dorsey, now 44 years old, shot and killed 39-year-old James Beverly Jr. afte Police: Auto theft suspect ditches car for Metrobus during police chase in Montgomery Co. 04/21/2023 06:32pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, say a man in a stolen car led police on a chase early Friday morning�� ��� and then ditched his ride and hopped on a Metrobus. The chase was captured by multiple news helicopters, including 7News' SkyTrak7. Police said the incident began unfolding sho 3 dead after car plunges into river below Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge 04/21/2023 02:15pm • Three people are dead after a vehicle entered the Anacostia River beneath the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge in Southeast D.C. on Thursday night. Before plunging into the water, a black Dodge Charger with Maryland tags was traveling at high speeds in the grassy area between Anacostia Drive an DC and Maryland officials urge massive recall of theft-prone Hyundai, Kia vehicles 04/20/2023 05:05pm • Attorneys general in Maryland, D.C. and more than a dozen other states are calling on federal authorities to order a massive recall of Hyundai and Kia vehicles, saying their easily-bypassed ignition switches and vulnerability to being stolen has created a "safety crisis on the roads." The request 2 in custody after driving, running and swimming away from Va. police to avoid traffic stop 04/19/2023 10:10am • After crashing a vehicle when trying to avoid a traffic stop, two people swam away from police in Arlington and were later taken into custody Wednesday, Virginia State Police say. Both were taken to the hospital for treatment after being exposed to the cold water temperatures in Roaches Run, poli Has the DC region's air quality improved? 04/19/2023 12:09am • Findings for the D.C. region's air quality were mixed in the report from the American Lung Association���s 2023 ���State of the Air��� report, which was released Wednesday. The report grades Americans��� exposure to unhealthy levels of ozone air pollution, annual particle pollution and short-term Power restored for thousands in Prince George's Co. after single vehicle crash cut the power 04/18/2023 11:50pm • Residents in Prince George's County, Maryland, have had their power restored after thousands were in the dark following a car colliding with a utility pole Tuesday night. A Pepco spokesperson told WTOP the outage was caused by a car that crashed in to the utility pole on the 4100 block of Brinkle Can Laurel make Main Street its 'Main Street?' 04/18/2023 08:27pm • Walk along Main Street in Laurel, Maryland, and you won���t see any shortage of vehicle traffic. A lot of cars drive up and down Main Street, but despite being lined with banks, churches and even some apartments, not to mention the MARC station at the end of the street, there just weren���t nearl 10-year-old cat stolen in armed carjacking on Capitol Hill 04/18/2023 04:41pm • The cat, described as a domestic medium-haired cat, answers to "Milly" or "Mini" and was in a red and cream-colored crate when its owner was carjacked. (Courtesy D.C. police A 10-year-old cat was stolen during an armed carjacking in D.C.'s Capitol Hill neighborhood on Monday evening. The blac More dry, windy weather sparks fire risk for DC region 04/18/2023 04:57am • Dry and windy conditions are once again in the forecast for Tuesday, leading to an increased risk of outdoor fires in the D.C. area. The D.C. area is technically currently experiencing drought conditions, according to Brendon Rubin-Oster, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. So f 2 arrested, suspect in Spiderman costume still at large after BMW pursuit ends on Beltway in Md. 04/17/2023 04:20pm • Two men were arrested Sunday and two others were still at large ��� including one possibly in a Spiderman costume ��� after a police pursuit involving a stolen BMW stretched from Fairfax County, Virginia, into Prince George's County, Maryland. Police also said they found multiple guns in the car. VIDEO: Police look for 2 men after woman's body found in car in Fairfax Co. hospital parking lot 04/17/2023 03:33pm • The body of 33-year-old Brenda Ochoa Guerrero was found in the passenger side of her car in the parking lot of Inova Mount Vernon Hospital. (Courtesy Fairfax County police) Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, say a woman was found dead with a gunshot wound inside a car in the Inova Mount Vernon