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New security measures at Alexandria City High School following student's death 05/27/2022 08:20pm • Alexandria City High School revealed the additional measures it is taking for the remainder of the school year following the death of a student who was stabbed during a fight. Luis Mejia Hernandez, 18, a senior at the school, died from his injuries Tuesday in a brawl involving dozens of students. Prince George's Co. high school student charged after lockdown sparked by ghost gun 05/27/2022 03:10pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, student who police said brought parts of a ghost gun into the school, sparking a lockdown Thursday afternoon, is facing gun charges. The student, who was taken to a juvenile detention center, has been charged with possession of a handgun by a minor, police said Baltimore woman, 83, shot reading in bed 05/27/2022 10:25am • An 83-year-old Baltimore woman reading in her bed early Friday was shot in the arm when a bullet burst through her window, police said. Northwest District officers responded to the report of a shooting just before 2 a.m. at a home in the 4400 block of Wakefield Road. More Crime News Teen boy arrested in Woodbridge shooting that left young girl in critical condition 05/27/2022 09:05am • A 15-year-old boy from Triangle, Virginia, was arrested Thursday in connection with a shooting that put a young Woodbridge girl in the hospital Tuesday. Prince William County police said the teen is charged with aggravated malicious wounding, attempted malicious wounding, shooting at an occupied Montgomery County Council approves $6.3 billion operating budget 05/26/2022 11:55pm • There was little discussion but lots of money involved: the Montgomery County Council approved a $6.3 billion operating budget Thursday that includes $2.9 billion for the Maryland county's schools. Montgomery County Council President Gabe Albornoz commented that the final, unanimous vote felt ant Teenage boy killed in Southeast DC shooting 05/26/2022 11:30pm • A 16-year-old Maryland boy has been killed in a shooting in Southeast D.C. It happened on the 2200 block of Savannah Terrace south of Suitland Parkway just before 11:30 a.m. Thursday. Police found Justin Johnson, 16, of Temple Hills, with gunshot wounds, and he was taken to the medical examine More than 20 arrested for illegal narcotics activity in Northwest DC 05/26/2022 05:59pm • A still image from a May 26, 2022 police news briefing shows firearms and magazines, confiscated in joint local and federal operation against illegal narcotics activity. (Courtesy DCN) More than 20 people are now in custody following a yearlong investigation into illegal narcotics activity and f 17-year-old charged in Magruder High shooting to be tried as adult 05/26/2022 05:13pm • The 17-year-old accused of shooting a classmate with a so-called ghost gun in a Montgomery County, Maryland, high school bathroom earlier this year will be tried as an adult. Judge David Boynton ruled Thursday in Montgomery County Circuit that Steven Alston Jr. will not have his case moved to juv DC man gets jail time for attack on family speaking Chinese 05/26/2022 03:29pm • A D.C. man who police say attacked three members of a family of Chinese descent last summer, yelling "Go back to your country" as he punched and pushed them, has pleaded guilty to reduced assault charges. Thirty-nine-year-old Patrick Trebat pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of simple assaul Fairmont Heights High locks down, student arrested after bringing parts of ghost gun to school 05/26/2022 03:16pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, high school went into lockdown for almost 90 minutes and a student was arrested Thursday after bringing parts of a ghost gun into a classroom. Prince George's County Public Schools and county police said Fairmont Heights High School, at 6501 Columbia Park Road Severn woman arrested for DUI, more charges in Easter crash that left baby dead 05/26/2022 01:48pm • A Severn, Maryland, woman was arrested Wednesday on drunken driving charges, among others, in a fatal Baltimore-Washington Parkway crash on Easter in 2021 that left her 9-month-old dead. Thirty-year-old Talaya Martin was indicted by a grand jury and faces charges of first-degree child abuse resul Dealing with stress after a mass shooting 05/26/2022 10:01am • Mental health experts are suggesting ways recognize and cope with hidden stress following a pair of mass shootings across the U.S. less than two weeks apart. First, stop the steady stream of information, said licensed clinical social worker Shara Cyrus, who counsels with parents and students thro Unarmed man stunned by Fairfax Co. police officer settles civil rights lawsuit 05/26/2022 07:41am • An unarmed Black man who was shocked with a stun gun wielded by a white Fairfax County police officer in June 2020 has reached a settlement in a federal civil rights lawsuit, WTOP has learned. Two months ago, a jury found Officer Tyler Timberlake not guilty of three counts of assault and battery Md. Democratic AG candidates tout resumes during forum 05/26/2022 07:02am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP's news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters' free email subscription today. Former Baltimore City District Court Judge Katie Curran O’Malley (D) and U.S. Rep. Anthony G. Brown (D) debated each other at a League of Wom Annandale pedestrian dies after being struck by car 05/26/2022 06:47am • An Annandale, Virginia, woman who was in a group of pedestrians struck by a car last Friday has died from her injuries, according to police. Eileen Garnett, 83, died Wednesday. She was among three people hospitalized following the crash. Fairfax County police said the crash happened just after