Northwest DC

A man scaled a radio tower on American University’s campus and was engaged in a standoff with D.C. police that surpassed 24 hours on Wednesday. The tower supports the main broadcast antennas for WAMU and WTOP, and WAMU’s radio signal was briefly affected, an executive said. The man called 911 and climbed the tower in the 4400 block of Massachusetts…

A man who scaled a radio tower on American University’s campus paced on the tower as his standoff with D.C police hit 19 hours. Here’s a look.

A 17-year-old boy died and residents of two busy D.C. neighborhoods are rattled after gunfire Thursday afternoon. The first shooting occurred in Shaw at about 3 p.m. The teen victim was shot steps from Howard University and a dormitory. He did not survive his injuries. Minutes later, gunfire erupted near the Waterfront Metro station in Southwest. The teen was...

Two D.C. neighborhoods are on edge after two shootings Thursday afternoon. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports a 17-year-old was killed in a shooting steps away from a Howard University dorm.

The Capital Jewish Museum reopened a little more than a week after a shooter killed a young woman and man outside. Leaders from multiple faiths expressed their care and concern. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

The Capital Jewish Museum reopened to the public Thursday, just over a week after a shooter gunned down two Israeli Embassy staff members leaving an event there. The museum at 3rd and F streets in downtown D.C. reopened at noon. Supporters left flowers and notes on what was an emotional day for many. The mission of the museum is...

The Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. reopened to the public after a shooter gunned down a young couple there last week. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

A man was found with a fatal gunshot wound on 14th Street NW early Tuesday, authorities say. Officers responded about 4 a.m. to the 1600 block of 14th Street NW between Q and R streets, a few blocks north of Logan Circle. They found a man who had been fatally shot. His name and age were not immediately released. A…

A man was shot and killed overnight on 14th Street NW near S Street, a few blocks north of Logan Circle. Here’s initial info and a look at the scene.

An innocent D.C. man was killed when a stray bullet hit him inside his own home in Columbia Heights. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

A stray shot flew into a man’s home in Northwest D.C. on Sunday evening and killed him, police say they believe according to an initial investigation.

A bullet flew into a home on Ogden Street NW in Columbia Heights on Sunday evening and killed an innocent man, D.C. police say. Here’s what Executive Asst. Chief Andre Wright told reporters.

Police are investigating a break-in and vandalism at a bar on 18th Street in Northwest D.C. called Sinners and Saints. The owners said the bar is a safe space for those a part of the queer, transgender, Black, Indigenous and person of color community. “The entire mission of the business is to make sure that we see that community,...

Sinners and Saints — a Northwest D.C. bar considered a safe space for Queer, trans, Black, Indigenous and people of color — was broken into and vandalized. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

Firefighters left about midnight Monday, but were called back about 6 a.m. Tuesday to a large home in the 2400 block of Kalorama Road NW. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.

A routine law enforcement operation in D.C.’s Forest Hills neighborhood on Wednesday sparked rumors that ICE officers had detained nannies on a nearby playground in front of children. But ICE was not there — and the story started with local police making an unrelated arrest.

The rumors that Immigration and Customs Enforcement made arrests at a playground in D.C. were only rumors, sparked by a D.C. Police arrest at a nearby apartment.

The owner of an illegal rooming house in D.C. was sentenced to nearly 36 years in prison on Friday for creating what a judge called a “death trap” that killed a 10-year-old boy and a man when a fire broke out in 2019. On an emotional day in court, Judge Todd Edelman handed down what he called a death sentence…

D.C.’s historic Chinatown neighborhood is deeply rooted in community and culture. News4’s Eun Yang takes us inside the “Sightlines: Chinatown and Beyond” exhibit, which looks at the impact Chinatown has had on all of D.C. 

The owner of a D.C. rowhouse was sentenced to nearly 36 years in prison on Friday for creating what a judge called a “death trap” that killed a 10-year-old boy and a man when a fire broke out in 2019. New4’s Paul Wagner reports.