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She said she hopes their happiness “wasn’t completely stripped away.”

A 14-year-old boy was shot over a jacket in Hyattsville, authorities say. Police say three men jumped him on Carnaby Street, not far from Northwestern High School, News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

A 14-year-old boy is seriously hurt after he and other teens were approached by men who tried to steal his jacket and one opened fire, authorities in Hyattsville, Maryland, said Friday. A nearby high school was locked down as a precaution. The teen who was shot was taken to a hospital in “critical but stable” condition,” Hyattsville Police Chief Jarod…

Baltimore recorded less than 300 homicides last year for the first time in nearly a decade.

The suspect in a New Year’s Eve homicide fired the fatal shots through a hotel room door, according to court documents. That suspect, 18-year-old Jelani Cousin of Northeast D.C., pleaded not guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder while armed in the death of 18-year-old Ashlei Hinds. Cousin was drunk and arguing at a party at the Embassy Suites Hotel on...

The suspect in a New Year’s Eve homicide fired the fatal shots through a hotel room door, according to court documents. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced a series of grants to promote “leaders of tomorrow.” News4’s Derrick Ward spoke with the attorney general and a hopeful recipient about how the grants could help D.C.’s crime crisis.

Months after Damion Myer’s father and grandfather made a painful plea for answers in his disappearance, police announced they arrested his friend after he confessed to the crime. News4’s Walter Morris reports. 

Family members of Ashlei Hinds, who was shot to death at what was believed to be a New Year’s Eve party, are remembering her as goal-oriented, loving and thoughtful. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports. 

Police arrested a suspect in the shooting death of an 18-year-old woman at a hotel in Friendship Heights — Washington, D.C.’s first reported homicide of 2024.

A man was shot and killed at a New Year’s party in Fort Washington, Maryland, Prince George’s County police said. Three people were shot at the party on Blanford Drive in the early hours of 2024, police said. Jarreau Sanders, 21, died. Police are still investigating who fired the shots and why. “I’m just so sorry that my son...

The missing 20-year-old’s family said the last few months have been agony and are far from closure, even with updates in the case.

A 21-year-old Bowie, Maryland, man was shot and killed in the early hours of 2024 at a friend’s party. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

A shooting in the Ledroit Park neighborhood of Northwest D.C. sent a bullet flying through the window of a home after a man was robbed of his Canada Goose jacket. The robbery occurred on Elm Street. Moments later, gunshots rang out at Fifth and T streets. A bullet tore through a bedroom window at about 4:30 p.m. on Monday,...

The shooting appears to have happened moments after a man was robbed at gunpoint of his Canada Goose jacket and yoga bag. Witnesses said the robbers seemed to be shooting at a bystander. No one was physically injured. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

The victim, 18-year-old Ashalei Hinds, of Clinton, Maryland, was fatally shot at the Embassy Suites in the Chevy Chase Pavilion in Northwest D.C. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

A law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said about 10 people attending a party inside the room when a shooter opened fire.

D.C. police were searching for a man accused of shooting and killing a woman in D.C. early Monday.

Two men were killed, and another was injured by gunfire within a couple miles of Rosecroft Raceway on New Year’s, and a third man was shot to death in Capitol Heights, police said. On New Year’s Eve about 10:30 p.m., Prince George’s County police said officers went to investigate the sound of gunshots in the 1400 block of Dunbar...

Police say two teenagers were shot on 37th Street SE, and another was shot on 19th Street SE. They’re all expected to survive.