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A suspect has been charged in the shooting death of 6-year-old Nyiah Courtney, D.C.’s police chief announced Wednesday.

Courtney was killed in a drive-by shooting on July 16 that also injured her mother. Investigators are still looking for one man suspected to be involved in the shooting. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

D.C. Chief of Police Robert Contee announced an arrest in the shooting death of 6-year-old Nyiah Courtney. Here’s what he said.

A new report finds that although the officer shooting and killing of 18-year-old Deon Kay was justified, citing self defense, it also says there were a series of missed opportunities before that moment that possibly could have led to a different outcome.

A new report finds that although a D.C. police officer’s fatal shooting of 18-year-old Deon Kay was justified, citing self defense, it also says there were a series of missed opportunities before that moment that possibly could have led to a different outcome.

Robert Contee III is now chief of D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department.  Contee, who has served as acting chief since the beginning of the year, was unanimously confirmed Tuesday by the D.C. Council.  The police veteran with more than 30 years on the force takes over amid concerns about staffing and morale. The police union says more than 300 officers...

Robert Contee is now chief of the Metropolitan Police Department. News4’s Justin Finch reports on what the veteran officer faces in the role.

A man who was shot in a road rage attack earlier this month on Massachusetts Avenue NW has died, D.C police said Wednesday.

D.C. police officers who “may have been racing” police vehicles were involved in a crash and injured on Thursday, the Metropolitan Police Department said Sunday night. The officers crashed in the 1400 block of Anacostia Road NE, the department said in a statement.  “Preliminarily, it appears the members may have been racing the vehicles, resulting in an accident,” MPD...

D.C. police are seeking help from the public finding three young men suspected of committing murders last month and last year. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Three adults and a 15-year-old were arrested in D.C.’s Chinatown late Saturday at a march over recent police shootings in the U.S. Protesters clashed with police and vandalized the Christopher Columbus statue and fountain outside nearby Union Station.  Dramatic video shows fireworks going off in close proximity to Metropolitan Police Department officers near the Chinatown arch. Officers can be...

D.C. protesters and police clashed in Chinatown late Saturday. Video shows fireworks going off near officers.

A man was shot in Northwest D.C. early Thursday on Massachusetts Avenue, not far from the Vice President’s official residence. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

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. ...

News4’s Derrick Ward has details on some of the most recent arrests near checkpoints on Capitol Hill.

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...

D.C. Police Officer Mike Fanone and Officer Christina Laury describe how they confronted pro-Trump rioters at the U.S. Capitol. Fanone is currently recovering from a mild heart attack he suffered during the attack.

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.