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Fairfax Co. collision kills 2 girls, injures 3 other people 06/08/2022 02:50am • Fairfax County police respond to Tuesday's collision near the intersection of Blake Lane and Five Oaks Road. (WTOP/Kristi King) Two teenage girls died and three other people were injured in a two-car crash involving pedestrians late Tuesday morning in Oakton, Virginia. The crash happened arou DC police search for man who attempted to kidnap child in Georgetown 06/08/2022 12:11am • Police in D.C. is asking for the public's help locating a man who attempted to kidnap a boy in Georgetown Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred just after 2:30 p.m. on M Street near 31st Street in Northwest D.C. More Local News More DC News According to police, a Latino Police: 3 found dead inside a Fairfax County apartment 06/07/2022 10:11pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, say three people were found dead of apparent gunshot wounds behind a barricaded bedroom door in a Fair Lakes neighborhood apartment Tuesday morning. According to Fairfax County Police, officers had been directed to do a wellness check at the apartment in the 4 Staff member at Charles Co. high school airlifted to hospital after student fight 06/07/2022 09:23pm • After one student tossed a textbook at another's head, a melee ensued at a Charles County, Maryland, high school that sent both a teacher and a student to the hospital. At around 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, a student threw a textbook, which hit the head of another student in a classroom at Thomas Stone Hi Grand jury declines to charge Maryland Park Police officer who shot at robbery suspects 06/07/2022 09:09pm • A grand jury declined to file charges against a Maryland Park Police officer who shot at two suspects after they robbed him in Baltimore County. On May 5, Adnan Hussain, a member of the Maryland-National Capital Police Montgomery County Division, shot at two people who allegedly robbed him of $44 Md. state police warn of sexual extortion of minors over social media 06/07/2022 05:34pm • Internet child predators have been using social media, such as Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook, to extort minors, the Maryland State Police said in a statement Tuesday. The predators pose as romantic interests, the police said, and then request sexually explicit photos, which they then use to ex Exclusive: DC police chief reflects on Van Ness sniper, preparations for mass shootings 06/07/2022 05:24pm • In an exclusive interview on the DMV Download podcast, D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee shared new information about the sniper-style shooting in the Van Ness area that injured four bystanders in April. Contee said Tuesday that Van Ness shooter Raymond Spencer mirrored the tactics of another s Montgomery Co. schools says additional security training underway after Magruder HS shooting report 06/07/2022 04:42pm • A spokesperson for Montgomery County Public Schools says steps are being taken in response to an "after-action" report on the handling of the January shooting inside Magruder High School that left one student critically injured. Chris Cram, director for the MCPS Department of Communication told W Coyote that bit 4 people, 2 dogs in Fairfax Co. had rabies 06/07/2022 02:34pm • The coyote that was shot and killed by a Fairfax County police officer Sunday after it bit three people, two dogs, and one of the officers searching for it, has tested positive for rabies. Rabies had been suspected in the attacks near Lake Accotink Park in Virginia, and it was confirmed by lab t Police: 3 killed, 1 critically wounded in Virginia shooting 06/07/2022 12:59pm • PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — Police say three people are dead and a fourth person is critically wounded after a shooting in Virginia. Portsmouth police tweeted that the shooting happened shortly after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday near the 1500 block of Maple Avenue. Police did not immediately release any additi Audit finds mixed results in DC's public health approach to curbing violence 06/07/2022 12:18pm • D.C. is having mixed results five years after beginning the implementation of a comprehensive blueprint for a public health approach to criminal justice reform. The Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Act — known as NEAR — was enacted by the Council in 2016. Tuesday, the Office of the Di Prince George's Co. teen brings loaded gun to school; charged as adult 06/07/2022 12:01pm • A 17-year-old boy is facing charges after police say he brought a loaded gun and marijuana to his school in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Monday. The weapon was discovered by a school employee in a bathroom, police said. A staff member found the gun in the nurse's office bathroom at Gwy Pedestrian, 18, dies after hit-and-run crash in Lincolnia 06/07/2022 08:20am • A woman died last weekend after she was critically injured during a hit-and-run crash last month in Fairfax County, Virginia, police said. Daniela Bonilla Betancourt, 18, of Alexandria, was struck by an SUV while trying to cross the Little River Turnpike from south to north inside the crosswalk n Md. Democrats spar over education funding and ethics in first TV debate 06/07/2022 05:07am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Several of the Democrats running for governor used the first televised debate of the campaign to introduce new attacks on various rivals, cl Man arrested for carjacking ambulance in Southeast DC 06/06/2022 11:42pm • D.C. police arrested a man who stole a D.C. Fire and EMS ambulance Saturday morning. Isaac Edwards, 34, of Southeast D.C., has been charged with armed carjacking following his arrest on Monday. More Local News More DC News According to police, Edwards walked up to ambulance