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New questions are being raised about an hour-long police pursuit in the that ended with the death of a man riding a motorcycle in D.C. Attorneys for the family of the man killed say they are conducting their own investigation and challenged the account given by police. News4’s Paul Wagner has the story.

The U.S. Park Police union filed a complaint claiming short staffing and a lack of support from the National Park Service is preventing them from doing their jobs.

James Herndon died during a chase that started in D.C., went into Prince George’s County and then ended back in D.C. on Benning Road. News4’s Pat Collins spoke to his mother.

Lawmakers are pointing to sworn testimony from the former Park Police chief about the department’s policy for conducting a chase. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Two people were arrested and taken to hospitals after they were suspected of an attempted robbery on the National Mall on Tuesday and then fled from officers near East Potomac Park, authorities say.  U.S. Park Police say they responded to the National Mall at about 7 p.m. after a victim reported an attempted robbery by two people. The victim...

News4’s Pat Collins has the latest on a shooting and a chase, involving the U.S. Park police, that ended in a crash.

A man led police on a chase after being shot by an officer in Northwest D.C. early Wednesday, police said. A U.S. Park Police officer observed a man who appeared to be asleep behind the wheel of a car with a gun in his lap at Missouri Avenue and 2nd Street in Northwest about 1:30 a.m., police said. During...

Fairfax County’s top prosecutor says he’ll appeal a federal judge’s decision on Friday to dismiss charges against the U.S. Park Police officers who killed Bijan Ghaisar in 2017. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

A federal judge dismissed all criminal charges on Friday against two U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot 25-year-old driver Bijan Ghaisar in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 2017.  U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton tossed out involuntary manslaughter charges against Officer Alejandro Amaya and Officer Lucas Vinyard, declaring their actions “necessary and proper.”  Both officers claimed their status as federal...

A fatal crash shut down the George Washington Memorial Parkway near the CIA headquarters in Virginia early Friday, police said. One car crashed near Turkey Run, U.S. Park Police said. Park Police responded to southbound lanes about 5:15 a.m. The driver was pronounced dead on the scene. They were the only person in the car, police said. Drivers should...

Lawyers for two U.S. Park Police officers told a judge that local prosecutors are not entitled to second-guess the split-second judgments officers made when they fatally shot an unarmed motorist after a stop-and-go chase in Northern Virginia

More than a year after a little girl was shot and wounded in D.C., her family was able to thank the first responders who helped save her life.  My’onna Hinton was seriously hurt on Memorial Day last year in what police called an accidental shooting inside a home in Southeast D.C.  Members of D.C. Fire and EMS and the...

First responders rushed My’onna Hinton to Children’s National Hospital after an accidental shooting last year. Her family was able to thank first responders on Monday.

The U.S. Park Police Officers who shot and killed Bijan Ghaisar knew he didn’t cause the crash they were pursuing him for, according to new evidence. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

The family of a Bijan Ghaisar, who was shot and killed by U.S. Park Police in Northern Virginia in 2017, is protesting a potential new assignment for the former U.S. Park Police chief who was in office when their son was killed.

Three years after the shooting of Bijan Ghaisar, the victim’s family has suffered a major setback. The case will remain in federal court. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

A judge has placed the prosecution of two U.S. Park Police officers accused of fatally shooting an unarmed motorist in Virginia under federal jurisdiction

Cellphone video recorded by a bystander April 6 shows police taking a 35-year-old man into custody after he jumped off the Interstate 295 overpass onto Malcolm X Avenue.

Anthony Louis died after jumping from a D.C. overpass. Police pursued him from Alexandria. Cory Smith has cellphone video and reaction from Louis’ family.

The family of Bijan Ghaisar hopes a new U.S. Park Police chief will help them get some answers, more than three years after his death.