Alexandria VA

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (7News) — A man was shot in Alexandria on Wednesday night, launching an Alexandria Police (APD) investigation blocks away from Jefferson-Houston Elementary School. An APD official said the man is expected to survive. Police weren't able to provide any details on what the shooter looked like....

The Alexandria Police Department announced on Tuesday that it will focus enforcement efforts on speeding and distracted driving as part of the city’s Vision Zero initiative, which aims to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries on local roads. The department is targeting three intersections where crashes...

A reluctant witness delivered heated testimony in a homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt on Oct. 1. Reginald Steele, 26, is charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder, ten counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, 11 counts of possession of a firearm...

Metropolitan Police officers are currently conducting an investigation into a fatal shooting that took the life of a woman in Northeast, the department confirmed. The incident unfolded within a residence located at the 4000 block of Minnesota Avenue, Northeast. Following a welfare check requested on Sunday evening,...

Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division are asking for the public’s assistance in locating Sydney Howell, a missing 14-year-old. Howell was last seen on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, at 1 a.m., in the 13200 block of Beaver Terrace in Rockville. She...

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser bashed the Council of the District of Columbia for initially rejecting a bill establishing juvenile curfew zones. An unusual series of events unfolded in the D.C. Council on Tuesday over a bill to extend special juvenile curfew zones. The Bowser-supported bill, introduced to curb...

WALDORF, Md. — A Waldorf man and a La Plata man were arrested on assault and disorderly conduct charges after a street fight to which nine Charles County sheriff’s deputies responded. Theodore Devon Hall, 45, of Waldorf, and John Randolph Woodland, 58, of La Plata, were both reportedly subjected to electronic...

WALDORF, Md. — Charles County officials have shut down Szechuan Garden, a longtime Chinese restaurant located outside St. Charles Towne Center at 11149 Mall Circle in Waldorf, after inspectors cited an active cockroach infestation that contaminated food and food-prep surfaces. Two separate notices — one from the...

The Prince George's County State's Attorney announced that a teen will be tried as an adult in court after a deadly crash left a mother dead.

In a quiet morning twist, a church in D.C. became the focus of a serious police response. Here’s what unfolded at St. Matthews Cathedral.