Metropolitan Police Department

The D.C. police department will release body camera footage of the 2018 police killing of 22-year-old Marqueese Alston and of two other confrontations that resulted in men’s deaths. Alston died after he was shot by officers after police say he fired at them. Jeffrey Price was riding a dirt bike when he crashed into a police car in 2018, police…

The family of a man killed by D.C. police is lashing out at what it’s calling a PR stunt. The city released video of the deadly gun battle from 2018, but the family’s attorney told News4’s Shomari Stone the footage does not show how it all happened.

Police released edited footage Friday of three confrontations that resulted in men’s deaths. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

At least five shootings were reported early Thursday in Northeast and Southeast D.C.  D.C. police say they are investigating the shootings that all occurred before 4 a.m. Information on injuries and any connection between the crimes was not immediately released.  Shots rang out in the 5300 block of Clay Terrace NE after 1 a.m. Police were looking for a...

Shootings disrupted Northeast and Southeast D.C. neighborhoods at least five times early Thursday. Here’s a look at some of the scenes.

The woman hit and killed by a D.C. police car last week was a homeless senior citizen. Devonne Christine Harris was the woman who died after she was struck Friday in Southeast D.C., the Metropolitan Police Department said in an update Tuesday. She was 62 years old and homeless.  A Sixth District officer was headed south on Minnesota Avenue...

The boyfriend of a woman who went missing from her home in downtown D.C. last week has been charged in her death, police said Friday.  Darnell Sterling, 55, of Southeast D.C., is charged with killing Olga Ooro. Her body had not been found as of Friday afternoon.  Police learned the 34-year-old mother had disappeared after her 8-year-old son was...

D.C. police are investigating the suspicious disappearances of a man and woman who went missing last week from different parts of the city.  Keith Johnson, 43, was last seen at his home in Southeast D.C. “A significant amount of blood” was found in his car, Chief of Police Peter Newsham said in an update Thursday.  Olga Ooro, 34, was...

D.C. police continue their search for two people who disappeared under suspicious circumstances last week. Keith Johnson, 44, disappeared in Southeast, and 34-year-old Olga Ooro disappeared in Northwest. The two cases are unrelated, but the evidence surrounding their disappearances have police eager to find them. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed sweeping police reform legislation Wednesday, making it official. The D.C. Council unanimously approved the emergency legislation in June to limit use of force by police, release body camera footage more quickly and limit the role of the police union in the police disciplinary process.  The council voted to prohibit D.C. police from using tear...

A civilian employee of the D.C. police department was shot and killed inside his home Tuesday morning, Montgomery County police said. Macklin Jimenez, his wife and two children got into an argument in a basement bedroom of their Damascus, Maryland, home, police said. During the fight, 24-year-old Jesse Jimenez shot his father, police said. Two people in the home...

A 4-year-old girl is among the victims of the latest outbreak of violence in D.C. More than a dozen people have been shot since Sunday. The spike in violence comes before the D.C. Council makes a decision on whether to cut $15 million from the police budget. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

Four weeks ago, the D.C. Council unanimously approved emergency police reform legislation amid historic calls for change on city streets. On Tuesday, the council is expected to repeal and replace the measures.  Policies would have gone into effect Tuesday to limit use of force by police, release body camera footage more quickly and limit the role of the police...

The D.C. Council appears to be planning to weaken emergency legislation that was designed to overhaul policing in the nation’s capital. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A police officer was stabbed in the head in downtown D.C. early Thursday and a homeless man intervened to save him, possibly saving his life, the police chief said. The veteran officer was rushed to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being attacked with scissors. The Metropolitan Police Department thanked John Burrows, the man who intervened. “It’s very, very...

D.C. Chief of Police Peter Newsham said John Burrows, a homeless man, likely saved the life of a police officer who was being stabbed Thursday morning. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

A Metropolitan Police Department officer responding to a call for service early Thursday was stabbed. A homeless man saw the attack and intervened. Here’s the developing story.

Members of a D.C. Council committee voted Thursday to cut police department funding by more than $15 million and reallocate the funds to alternative programs.  Budget recommendations by Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen would cut the Metropolitan Police Department budget for the upcoming fiscal year by $15.1 million and instead dedicate funds to efforts including hiring a gun violence prevention…

A 16-year-old boy charged with killing four people and committing several other violent crimes in D.C. was released from custody just weeks before the homicides because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, sources tell News4.  Michael Mason, of Southeast D.C., was arrested last week and charged in the killings of 31 year-old Terrance Griffin, 20-year-old Jaszel Henderson,...

Protesters are demanding the removal of two statues in Washington, D.C., that honor American presidents — one who owned slaves, and another who set them free.