Northwest DC

Olivia Norman is blind and relies on her dog, Tofu, to get around her D.C. neighborhood. When heavy rain and construction on Connecticut Avenue left her disoriented, a heroic 911 dispatcher and D.C. officer stepped in to get her home.

The DowntownDC Business Improvement District asked Metro to postpone Red Line closures in December, and business owners say they were counting on holiday foot traffic. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

A woman was inside her own home with her grandchildren when they suddenly had to scramble to safety because of gunfire outside. News4’s Derrick Ward shares her story.

The teenager was hurt when multiple shots were fired in the LeDroit Park neighborhood.

An officer who was shot multiple times is recovering in the hospital, and the man suspected of shooting him is dead. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

An Instagram live broadcast celebrating the murder of a 14-year-old boy in Northwest D.C. helped lead police to the 17-year-old suspect, who authorities believe may have been with his mother when he pulled the trigger.

An Instagram live broadcast celebrating the murder of a 14-year-old boy in Northwest D.C. helped lead police to the 17-year-old suspect, who authorities believe was with his mother when he pulled the trigger. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A Secret Service agent protecting President Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in D.C., a law enforcement official said. Here’s brief info.

Secret Service agents protecting President Joe Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret Service vehicle in Washington.

A man is facing charges for two possible hate crimes, committed Thursday afternoon within minutes of each other on Georgia Avenue.

On Thursday afternoon, a 29-year-old man allegedly assaulted a Hispanic woman walking down the street.

A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in Northwest D.C. on Friday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. 

Police arrested a 12-year-old suspect in a downtown D.C. attempted carjacking in which an alleged 13-year-old accomplice was shot and killed. Vernard Toney Jr. died Sunday after he was shot on D Street NW, in the Penn Quarter area, the previous night. Police say an off-duty federal security officer shot Toney after he and another young person tried to...

Here’s brief info on the shooting in downtown D.C. that left two men wounded on Monday night.

Four men were shot and wounded in two shootings late Monday in D.C., with one scene near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and the other along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, authorities said. First, D.C. police were called to the 3500 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE at about 9:15 p.m. for reports of a...

After a 13-year-old was shot and killed during a carjacking in downtown D.C., District officials spoke about what happened and who the child was. Vernard Toney Jr. died Sunday after he was shot on D Street NW, in the Penn Quarter area, the previous night. Police say an off-duty federal security officer shot Toney after he and another young...

Vernard Toney Jr., the 13-year-old boy shot and killed during a carjacking in D.C., was smart, funny and talented, his school principal said. News4’s Darcy Spencer shares new details, as sources tell News4 the child was accused in a string of carjackings.

A 13-year-old boy has died after he was shot during a carjacking in Northwest D.C. on Saturday, according to D.C. police. The victim of the carjacking was described as an off-duty federal security officer. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A juvenile is in critical condition after he was shot in Northwest D.C. on Saturday, police say. 

D.C. police said a juvenile male was shot outside the 600 block of D Street NW. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.