James Stanley Roderick Jr., struck by a CSX freight train near Executive Way on May 4, died of his injuries, family and state officials confirmed May 28.

Two shootings in Petworth Thursday wounded three people and rattled a normally quiet block near a school.

A former Fort Pierce federal prosecutor has been indicted after allegedly emailing a sealed Jack Smith report to her personal accounts and renaming the files as cake recipes.

Police released surveillance footage of two men wanted after an April 4 stabbing and carjacking in Southeast D.C. A $10,000 reward is being offered.

A Wiener Neustadt court has sentenced a 21‑year‑old to 15 years after finding him guilty of plotting a foiled attack that canceled Taylor Swift's Vienna shows.

One year after Seaman Angelina Resendiz vanished from a Norfolk barracks, the sailor accused in her death may take a plea as her mother demands a public Navy inquiry.

The U.S. State Department added Brazil’s two largest criminal gangs — the PCC and Comando Vermelho — to its Foreign Terrorist Organizations list, triggering sanctions and criminal prohibitions.

A 23-year-old man was found shot to death inside a Southeast D.C. apartment. Authorities have identified the victim and are asking the public for tips.

Fairfax County police say a late‑night report of gunfire at Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home was a hoax and is being investigated as an apparent swatting attempt.

A rideshare driver was carjacked at gunpoint in Southwest D.C.; police recovered the vehicle and arrested two people. MPD is asking the public for tips.

A D.C. jury convicted D'Andre Montgomery in the 2023 Southeast shooting of Kenneth Barksdale, who was killed after returning to his car to fetch a forgotten phone.

A shooting in Washington Highlands left a man hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. D.C. police say detectives are canvassing the area for witnesses and video.

A student attempted to enter Eliot-Hine Middle School with knives, prompting a brief lockdown; police recovered the weapons and no injuries were reported.