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12-year-old girl shot while sleeping in DC 05/15/2023 06:36am • A girl was shot by a stray bullet early Monday while sleeping inside an apartment in D.C., police tell WTOP. It happened at 4 a.m. in the 2600 block of Naylor Road in Southeast, D.C. police said. The 12-year-old was sleeping in bed in her apartment when she was shot. "It is unacceptable tha ���We want to keep people alive���: How laws across DC region can help prevent fatal overdoses 05/15/2023 05:08am • This article is part of the WTOP series, ���Facing Down Fentanyl: Teens Confront Drug Danger.��� Even as rates of fatal drug overdoses remain alarmingly high, experts say the vast majority of deaths are preventable. More than three out of five overdose deaths involved at least one instance in PHOTOS: Candlelight vigil on National Mall honors fallen officers 05/14/2023 06:42am • The District welcomed thousands of police officers, their families and supporters to honor those killed in the line of duty as part of National Police Week. As part of the event, the names of fallen officers were read during a candlelight vigil on the National Mall on Saturday night. A total of 556 Life sentences for 4 in slaying of Md. man held for $7,000 ransom 05/14/2023 05:18am • Four men from D.C. and Maryland have been sentenced to life in prison for murder and other charges related to the 2018 kidnapping and killing of a Bowie, Maryland, man. Darin Moore, Jr. 29, of Bowie, and the three other defendants from D.C. ��� Gabriel Brown, 33; John Sweeney, 29; and James Taylo DC man pleads guilty to attempted assault with gun on Metro platform 05/13/2023 08:19pm • A D.C. man has pleaded guilty to attempted assault with a dangerous weapon on Friday, after he threatened a man with a gun on a Metro train platform last June, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. According to authorities, 31-year-old Kalil Ameer Xavier Pitts followed a former friend to the B Traffic stop of U-Haul in Prince George's Co. leads to discovery of kidnapped woman 05/13/2023 08:07pm • A Prince George's County man was arrested Friday night after police say he kidnapped a woman in D.C. and then drove her around and assaulted her in a U-Haul truck during a day-long drive through the D.C. and Maryland area. Authorities discovered the woman after an attempted traffic stop of the U- Strasburg man leads Fauquier deputies on pursuit, hitting a speed of 130 mph 05/13/2023 12:22pm • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner,��InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for��InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. A Strasburg man was arrested Thursday after attempting to elude Fauquier County sheriff���s deputy while hitting a speed of 130 mph. A Falls Church student charged in connection to 2 sexual assault cases 05/13/2023 08:59am • Police in Falls Church, Virginia, arrested a student Thursday in connection to two incidents of sexual assault. The student was charged with aggravated sexual assault and rape after a two-month investigation revealed serious incident involving a female student that happened on a Falls Church City Guilty verdict for man who shot woman reading Bible in her Md. home 05/12/2023 08:14pm • On Friday, a Prince George's County jury found a man from Bowie, Maryland, guilty of second degree murder in the shooting of a grandmother in Hyattsville on Jan. 1, 2020. According to the State's Attorney's Office, Sammie Warren, 26, shot into the home of 56-year-old Filomena Vasquez while she wa National Police Week welcomes thousands to the District 05/12/2023 04:25pm • The District will welcome thousands of police officers, their families and supporters this weekend to honor those killed in the line of duty as part of National Police Week. Marcia Ferranto is CEO of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and said the Police Unity Tour will help kick New College Park mayor has 'complex emotions' after predecessor resigned in disgrace 05/12/2023 04:10pm • A new mayor is taking over in College Park, Maryland, under difficult circumstances after the previous mayor resigned in disgrace. Fazlul Kabir won a special election last weekend, and he will be sworn in as mayor on Tuesday. "What happened with the former mayor was very shocking," Kabir said. Police: 4 shot across DC within an hour Friday 05/12/2023 03:39pm • Police in D.C. said four people were shot in the span of an hour on Friday afternoon. Officers responded to the first shooting around 11:30 a.m. in the 600 block of 46th Place Southeast, where they found a man with a gunshot wound. Fifteen minutes later, police responded to a second shooting i Police ID man fatally shot by Fairfax Co. officers after parking lot struggle 05/12/2023 03:32pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, have identified the man they said attacked an officer inside a cruiser before being shot by responding officers as 38-year-old Newport News resident Brandon Lemagne. The struggle began just after 4 p.m. Thursday, when an officer was alerted to a U-Haul ��� that Family of trainee fatally shot by retired DC police lieutenant disappointed by plea offer 05/12/2023 02:12pm • Brittany Beckford, a cousin of Maurica Manyan and family attorney Chelsea Lewis, on the right. (WTOP/Shayna Estulin) Retired D.C. police Lt. Jesse Porter Jr. made his first appearance in court Friday since his indictment on charges including second degree murder. The charges are related to the A Md. teen fatally shot weeks before graduation 05/12/2023 11:30am • A District Heights, Maryland high school senior was just weeks away from graduating, but police are now looking for his killer. Prince George's County Police said officers found Kendall Batson, 18, suffering from gunshot wounds in a parking lot at North Forestville Elementary School on Ritchie Ro