Alexandria VA

The suspect is believed to have driven away from the scene.

The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in Southeast. On Saturday, February 21, 2026, at approximately 11:09 p.m., Seventh District officers responded to the report of a shooting in the 4400 block of 3rd Street, Southeast. Upon arrival, officers located a man suffering from...

In the February issue of the Life & Times, the article about a new noise camera on Adelphi Road highlighted how little local conversation there is about the outsourcing of surveillance technology within Route 1 Corridor communities. Last March, the city council approved a request from the Hyattsville Police...

WASHINGTON — Three women are facing charges after police say they staged a kidnapping in order to extort a ransom from a friend last December. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, officers were called to the 1900 block of Massachusetts Ave. SE, on Dec. 4, 2025, to investigate a kidnapping.

Police have released the identities of the four people, including a toddler, found dead after the child's mother carried out a murder-suicide Saturday morning at a home outside Lake Ridge. Officers responded to the 3400 block of Vale Court off Smoketown Road at 8:05 a.m. and found two women, a man and the child dead....

WASHINGTON (7News) — A Maryland man is facing a second-degree murder charge in connection with a fatal stabbing outside a Northwest D.C. address last fall. Shawn Conway, 50, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, was charged today with second-degree murder while armed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, U.S. Attorney...

Julio Carlos Cruz Merino was more than the tragic crash that ended his life. A steady presence in the lives of those who loved him. The 70-year-old Woodbridge resident died after being struck by a vehicle on Tuesday evening, Feb. 17, near Richmond Highway and Opitz Boulevard during the height of rush hour.

After spending more than half his life with the Alexandria Police Department, Bennie Evans Jr. is taking a small break. Not for long, he says, because he wants to get back to doing what he considers his passion — working with people. Last month, Evans was congratulated for 28 years with APD and four years with the...

WALDORF, Md. — A looming snowstorm didn’t put the brakes on Adrenaline Raceway’s grand opening Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. It may have been cold outside, but inside, engines — and excitement — were already warming up as supporters gathered at 2 p.m. for the ribbon cutting.

WASHINGTON — Body camera footage was just released from the night a DC Police officer was killed. Officer Terry Bennett was helping a driver who had broken down on Interstate 695 a few days before Christmas when he was struck by another driver. That driver, Jerrold Coates, told officers that someone cut him off and...