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A man was arrested near the Ellipse on Friday after he said he needed information about the Oval Office and then was found to be illegally carrying a gun and ammunition, D.C. police say.  Santiago V. Macias of Midland, Texas, was arrested two days after Inauguration Day. The 37-year-old was found with a pistol, two loaded magazines and 79 rounds…

A woman was arrested at an inauguration checkpoint Saturday morning for impersonating a law enforcement officer and fleeing from police, officials say.  Linda Magovern, 63, of Stratford, Connecticut, was arrested near Union Station after she said she was an officer and “a part of the presidential cabinet,” and presented a military police challenge coin, a D.C. police report says. ...

The FBI is seeking help identifying seven men suspected in the assault of D.C. Officer Mike Fanone.  Fanone was brutally beaten outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. He told News4 he is recovering from a mild heart attack after he was struck with a Taser multiple times and beaten with a “Thin Blue Line” flag.  “Kill him with...

Disturbing video shows rioters at the U.S. Capitol beating police officers. One man can be seen using a flagpole flying an American flag as a weapon.

A woman was shot and killed in Southeast D.C. early Sunday, in the city’s first homicide of the new year.  Kaailyah Rainey was found shot in a vehicle in the 900 block of Wahler Place SE, police said. She was 22. Officers responded at about 2:30 a.m. after more than 40 shots were detected. Rainey was taken to a hospital,…

A woman was shot and killed in Southeast D.C. after more than 40 shots were detected. News4’s Derrick Ward reports live.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser swore in Robert J. Contee III as the new police chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on Saturday. Contee is a District native and a 31-year veteran of the MPD. Contee left a crime scene on Saturday morning in Northwest D.C. before heading to the swearing-in ceremony. Police said a man was taken to a...

Police have arrested a man suspected of killing a construction worker on a job site last month in Northeast D.C.  George Miller, 26, of Capitol Heights, Maryland, was arrested Wednesday in the killing of Elías Flores, police said.  Miller was arrested by the Capital Area Fugitive Regional Task Force and charged with first-degree murder while armed. It wasn’t immediately...

A 1-year-old boy was fatally shot Wednesday night in D.C. near the Prince George’s County, Maryland, border, police say. The baby boy is the youngest victim lost to gun violence in the District this year.

A Southwest D.C. woman died after she was found shot in a car in Northeast D.C. early Wednesday.  Shalonte Pearson was found in the 400 block of 61st Street NE, D.C. police said. Officers responded at about 12:50 a.m.  Pearson was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. She was 24.  A homicide investigation is underway. Ward 7 ANC...

No federal criminal civil rights charges will be brought against the Washington, D.C. police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for D.C. announced Thursday.

A 16-year-old was shot and killed early Sunday in the Anacostia section of Southeast D.C.  Kareem Palmer died after he was shot in the 1300 block of Mapleview Place, the Metropolitan Police Department said Sunday afternoon. He lived in Southeast.  Police responded to the area, which is a block from the businesses along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, at...

Family members of Karon Hylton-Brown, including his father, were among nine people arrested Saturday at demonstrations over his fatal encounter with D.C. police. One officer was hurt on the fifth night of protests over Hylton-Brown’s death. Charles Brown was arrested for assault on an officer, a Metropolitan Police Department spokeswoman said. Stay with NBC Washington for Brown’s own words on...

A man awaiting sentencing for voluntary manslaughter escaped from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and D.C. police are seeking help finding him.  Bernard Coleman III, 27, escaped on Sunday, police said Monday afternoon. Police say he is 27, 6 feet tall and weighs about 145 pounds. He has a medium complexion, black hair and brown eyes.  St. Elizabeth’s, located in Southeast...

Demonstrators clashed with police on the streets of Minneapolis overnight after a large crowd gathered outside of a precinct station to protest the death of George Floyd. Floyd died Monday after an encounter with four police officers.