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Police ID suspect killed in Southeast DC shooting of 1 officer, 2 others 10/21/2023 07:23am • The suspect who was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire with police in Southeast D.C. on Thursday afternoon has been identified. Arthur Porter, 33, of Northwest D.C., was shot and killed by police who responded to the 2800 block of Gainesville Street SE for reports of an armed man arguing with Businesses are the biggest targets of financial crimes. Help is being offered in Prince George's Co. 10/21/2023 04:40am • October isn’t even over yet and already fraud and scams have cost Prince George’s County, Maryland, residents and businesses more than $10 million. With the holiday shopping season almost upon us, there’s concern that the number will go up even more. “Because of their large balance she Maryland's US attorney charges out-of-state police chiefs, firearms dealers with machine gun conspiracy 10/21/2023 03:49am • Former police chiefs in North Dakota and North Carolina are facing charges in Maryland in connection with a conspiracy to illegally acquire machine guns and other firearms — and court records indicate the case could reach into other states as well. The charges are similar to those faced by Fre Former Fairfax Co. officer makes 1st court appearance in fatal shooting of unarmed man outside Tysons mall 10/20/2023 06:00pm • A former Fairfax County, Virginia, police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man suspected of shoplifting from the Tysons Corner Center mall has made his first court appearance on charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm. Sgt. Wesley Shifflett sat quietly at the In aftermath of Md. judge's fatal shooting, do judges need protection? 10/20/2023 05:34pm • Jason DeLoach, president of the Maryland State Bar Association. (Courtesy MSBA/Maximilian Franz) As Maryland police continued their search for man suspected of fatally shooting a Maryland judge who had awarded custody of the suspect’s children to his wife on the day of the killing, the safety WATCH: Damage from water main break closes Kirby Road in McLean 10/20/2023 03:39pm • A water main break flooded a roadway early Friday morning in McLean, Virginia, causing extensive road damage. It happened before 5 a.m. Fairfax County police came to the scene at Kirby Road between Sugarstone Court and Claiborne Drive. Officers are on scene of a water main break in McLean. Bot DC road closures for Howard University homecoming, Race for Every Child 10/20/2023 12:13pm • Before the District is hit with road closures next Sunday for the 48th Marine Corps Marathon, drivers will have to contend with two more events shutting down streets this weekend. The last of Howard University's Homecoming events will kick off road closures on Friday and Saturday, as a week of ce Maryland judge shot and killed at Hagerstown home 10/20/2023 09:45am • A Maryland Circuit Court judge died Thursday night after being found shot at his Washington County home. Authorities are now looking for a person of interest as they investigate his death. Judge Andrew Wilkinson was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the driveway of his Hagerstown home. He wa 3 officers injured, armed suspect killed in Southeast DC shooting, police say 10/20/2023 05:00am • D.C. police say a police officer is recovering in the hospital after shooting and killing an armed man on Thursday afternoon in Southeast. Acting police Chief Pamela Smith said nearby officers responded to a call in the 2800 block of Gainesville Street near the D.C.-Maryland border just before 5 'Danger to the community': Judge orders Maryland teen charged with mowing down officer held 10/19/2023 08:40pm • The 19-year-old Maryland man accused of intentionally striking a Montgomery County police officer on Interstate 270 early Wednesday has an extensive history of trying to "bait" officers into high-speed chases — and it appears he doesn't even have a license, prosecutors said. Raphael Mayorga, of Montgomery Co. officer who fatally shot knife-wielding teen indicted on Jan. 6 Capitol riot charges 10/19/2023 05:39pm • A Montgomery County, Maryland, police officer who shot and killed a teenager accused of stabbing several people in July has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot. Montgomery County police suspended officer Justin Lee after the department found out b Months after 2 killed in shooting-stabbing in Fairfax Co., family's au pair charged with murder in 1 of the slayings 10/19/2023 01:56pm • It was a puzzling double killing in Fairfax County: A man shot to death inside the same Herndon, Virginia, home where one of the residents, a 37-year-old mother, was found stabbed to death in her bedroom. At the time it happened in February, Fairfax County police said the husband of the stabbing PHOTOS: 300 arrested in Capitol Hill demonstration calling for cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war 10/19/2023 06:30am • (Video edited by WTOP’s Erron Franklin) Some 300 people were arrested during a large demonstration Wednesday on Capitol Hill calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war — with demonstrations moving outside the Israeli Embassy in Northwest D.C. later in the day. A Capitol Police spokesp WATCH: DC police search for suspects in armed robbery at the Wharf 10/19/2023 01:44am • D.C. police are asking for the public's help in locating four suspects and a vehicle that they believe are connected to an armed robbery in Southwest earlier this week. Surveillance video captured the suspects in the 600 block of Wharf Street SW shortly before 11 p.m. Monday, where they got o Montgomery Co. police say reported kidnapping of 13-year-old 'unfounded' 10/18/2023 02:20pm • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, say the report of a kidnapping of a 13-year-old has turned out be "unfounded." According to police, the girl reported she was approached by two men in a dark grey car near the intersection of Waring Station Road and Stoney Bottom Road in Germantown at around