Northwest DC

A new short-term housing facility for homeless families opened last month in Northwest D.C. As the families work to transition into more stable housing, their neighbors are showing up to say welcome with care and compassion. News4’s Eung Yang reports.

A Texas man with an assault rifle opened fire outside the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C., early Thursday and was charged with assault with intent to kill, authorities said. No injuries were reported but Cuban officials reported property damage. Alexander Alazo, 42, of Aubrey, Texas, was arrested. He appears to have been shooting toward the embassy, according to a preliminary…

A man was shot and killed in a busy area of downtown D.C. Thursday evening, and police shot a suspect and took him into custody. The killing and police shootout closed several blocks for hours. The man who died, 29-year-old Terence Dantzler, was shot multiple times by 20-year-old Jaykell Mason in the 700 block of 8th Street NW just after…

The fatal shooting that caused chaos in a busy area of downtown D.C. Thursday evening was caught on surveillance video. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Police quickly pursued a homicide suspect in a busy area of downtown D.C. Thursday evening, arresting him after an exchange of gunfire. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

An 8-year-old boy went missing from a D.C. school for several hours after a child welfare worker who went to pick up one child accidentally left with another. The child was picked up from Tubman Elementary School in Columbia Heights on Jan. 31, school principal Amanda Delabar said in a letter shared with parents on Monday, more than a week…

A woman’s car was stolen after she was sexually assaulted in her home. Jackie Bensen reports the car was spotted Friday evening and led police on a dramatic chase.

A woman was pumping gas in Northwest D.C. Tuesday morning when a man jumped into the driver’s seat and took off with her baby still inside.

Dramatic surveillance video shows a carjacker taking a woman’s SUV with her child inside it at a gas station in Northwest D.C. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.