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3 injured in Riverdale Park McDonald's shooting 07/08/2022 06:04pm • Riverdale Park Police said three people were injured during a shooting at a McDonald's restaurant location. Police said it happened around 12:30 p.m. but have not confirmed the details leading up to the shooting. More Crime News The three people injured in the shooting are exp Concerns after 2 more pedestrian deaths on a Fairfax Co. highway. 07/08/2022 05:13pm • People who walk along Route 1, Richmond Highway, in Fairfax County, are concerned following two more pedestrian deaths. The incidents this week brings the number of fatal pedestrian crashes in the county to 12 this year, almost double the number at this point last year. Keith Thomas, 24, was k 3 teens charged with Rockville carjacking 07/08/2022 04:34pm • Three teenage runaways from a special education school have been arrested and charged in connection with a carjacking in Rockville, Maryland. Montgomery County police said in a statement that a man was sitting in his parked SUV on Physicians Lane Thursday, July 7, at about 1:30 p.m. when someone Tipster cited drug gang tie in possible July 4 Virginia plot 07/08/2022 03:21pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A tipster who warned police in Richmond, Virginia, about a potential mass shooting on July 4 told police the man who was planning the attack has connections to a drug gang that operates in Mexico and the U.S., according to a search warrant affidavit. The tipster, who is des Playground shooting in Anne Arundel Co. leaves 1 injured 07/08/2022 02:16pm • A 15-year-old boy was shot at a playground in Severn, Maryland, Thursday afternoon, Anne Arundel police said. The boy was taken to a hospital with nonlife threatening injuries, according to police. More Anne Arundel News More Crime News In a statement, police said four male Man indicted in Maryland machine shop killings admitted pulling trigger, investigators say 07/08/2022 01:06pm • The man indicted on charges of opening fire inside a Western Maryland machine shop last month, killing three co-workers, told a sheriff's deputy he pulled the trigger. Joe Louis Esquivel, 23, of Hedgesville, West Virginia, was indicted on 34 counts in connection with the June 9 shooting at Columb DC police search for suspect in shooting death of 16-year-old in Northeast 07/08/2022 08:10am • D.C. police are looking for a suspect in a deadly shooting of a teenager in Northeast early Tuesday morning. Levoire Simmons, 16, of Northeast, D.C., was killed in the shooting, according to police. Officers were "flagged down" by a person in the 700 block on Kenilworth Terrace around 1:10 a.m As Maryland primary approaches, some legislative teams are more fractured than others 07/08/2022 06:56am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. At least two state senators are actively working to defeat House incumbents in their districts in party primaries, where early voting begi From WTOP's Election Desk: In-person voting begins in Md.; Trump times his leap 07/08/2022 06:19am • Welcome back to WTOP’s weekly election update! WTOP's team of reporters will keep you informed on the latest through November as primary and election races heat up in the District, Maryland, Virginia and nationwide. Local elections | Nick Iannelli Early voting begins in Maryland Activity is pic Watchdog: Park Police communications went unrecorded for two years 07/08/2022 12:58am • The U.S. Park Police is required to record all radio and telephone communications, but a government watchdog found two of the department's three radio channels went unrecorded for about two years because the recording equipment had stopped working. The review by the Department of the Interior Off Driver killed, another injured in Suitland crash 07/07/2022 09:20pm • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, say a head-on collision killed one driver and seriously injured the other. The crash happened in the 3500 block of Regency Parkway in Suitland at around 1:30 a.m. Thursday. More Maryland News More Prince George's County News Polic Montgomery County police celebrate 100 years 07/07/2022 08:53pm • From a rural county where a police force of six patrol on motorcycles to a modern department charged with policing a county of more than one million residents, Montgomery County, Maryland's police department marked its 100th anniversary with a ceremony outside Rockville's historic red brick courthou Police identify bound found by kayakers in Delaware river 07/07/2022 05:17pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) — Dover police have identified a body found by kayakers on the Saint Jones River as that of a 27-year-old local man. Authorities on Thursday identified the man as Jorge Valladares of Dover. Police said the cause of death is still under investigation, but that it does not appear US Park Police union details dangerous conditions, demands staffing increase 07/07/2022 03:09pm • The U.S. Park Police union believes the department doesn't have enough staff or support from the National Park Service to do its job. The complaint was made public Thursday in a letter detailing the agency's response to recent extreme weather. "Park Service leadership should be ashamed of their r Maryland man sentenced for firing ghost gun at Secret Service 07/07/2022 02:37pm • A Hanover, Maryland, man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for firing at Secret Service officers with a ghost gun last winter. Ghost guns are firearms that are assembled at home from parts that are often ordered online and don't have serial numbers. Jeremiah Watson, who was also sentenc