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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.

Park Police say one of their officers was injured in a crash while responding to the shooting.

The U.S. Park Police on Thursday named Pamela Smith as its new chief, making her the first Black woman to lead the 230-year-old law enforcement agency. Smith, a 23-year veteran of the force, announced she would begin her term by establishing body-worn cameras for all Park Police officers. “This is one of the many steps we must take to...

A man and a woman have died and four other people were injured early Tuesday after two cars crashed on the Suitland Parkway as parts of the region reported icy road conditions. U.S. Park Police said officers responded about 12:40 a.m. to the crash near the Silver Hill area. The man and woman were pronounced dead at the scene....

News 4’s Cory Smith was there as Officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas VInyard left the Fairfax County jail nearly 12 hours after turning themselves in.

The two U.S. Park Police officers charged in the shooting death of a 25-year-old man have been released until trial after turning themselves in Monday morning. Officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard face involuntary manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm charges in Fairfax County, Virginia, punishable by up to 15 years if convicted. Each officer was released on a…

The sister of a man shot to death by U.S. Park Police said the indictment of two officers Thursday brings her family one step closer to justice, though the case is nowhere near over. News4’s Shomari Stone reports.

The sister of a man shot to death by U.S. Park Police said the indictment of two officers Thursday brings her family one step closer to justice, though the case is nowhere near over. Bijan Ghaisar, 25, got in a fender bender and allegedly left the scene of the accident in November 2017. A Fairfax County police dash cam captured…

Two U.S. Park Police officers are charged in the shooting death of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar in Fairfax County. News4’s Shomari Stone reports on critical video evidence and the reaction from the victim’s family.

A special grand jury assembled by the Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office indicted two federal officers in the fatal 2017 shooting of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar.  U.S. Park Police officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard were indicted separately on charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless discharge of a firearm, Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said. News4 reported late last year that...

Two U.S. Park Police officers say they gave “chance after chance” to a Northern Virginia man in a stop-and-go police chase before firing 10 shots that killed him in 2017.