From MPD:
“The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting in Northwest.
On Tuesday, May 27, 2025, at approximately 3:59 a.m., Third District officers responded to the 1600 block of 14th Street, Northwest, for the report of the sounds of gunshots. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male, unconscious and not breathing, suffering from a gunshot wound. (more…)
“Dear PoPville,
DC Fire and EMS arrived on our block (across from Hechinger Mall in NE) on 5/25. They asked our neighbors across the street if there was a fire at their home, and when our neighbors confirmed everything was fine, DCFEMS went across the street and broke into our building by forcibly opening the front door. I wasn’t home at the time, but everyone else was and they all swear that no one knocked or rang the doorbell at the front for any unit. They just went and broke in, and told one of the residents that they had “the wrong address” (and they refused to answer any questions beyond that). There was never a fire here.
In February or March of this year, my wife called 911 because a severely inebriated person (from the known trap house next door) kept trying to break our front door down. The cops never showed so I took my dog out with me and chased him off. When I approached our council member for Ward 5, they connected me with the MPD commander for 5D who confirmed that DC 911 mislabeled our call as “low priority.” (more…)
Thanks to Jack for sending above from Logan Circle.
And thanks to Sam for sending below from SW: (more…)
A reader reports:
“There were a lot of news reports of shootings on Memorial Day. They didn’t report any of the craziness we had in LeDroit. We had a shooting in LeDroit park on Sunday. No one was hit but there were over 40 shots fired. And we had two cars chase each other at high speed with guns on Saturday.”
From MPD:
“The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting in Northwest.
On Sunday, May 25, 2025, at approximately 6:11 p.m., Fourth District officers responded to the 1500 block of Ogden Street, Northwest, for the report of a shooting. Officers located an adult male inside of an apartment, unconscious and not breathing suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene and after all lifesaving measures failed, the victim was pronounced dead.
The investigation determined the shooting occurred in an alley to the rear of the apartment complex. One bullet struck a window of the victim’s apartment. The victim was not targeted. (more…)
From the Mayor’s Office:
“Today, ahead of the three-day weekend, Mayor Muriel Bowser was joined by Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Lindsey Appiah, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Pamela A. Smith, and Department of Parks and Recreation Director (DPR) Thennie Freeman to discuss adjustments to the District’s public safety posture, especially as it relates to recent disturbances involving juveniles in commercial areas across the District. At the press conference, the Mayor announced her intent to work with public safety leaders and the DC Council to introduce legislation updating the District’s curfew. (more…)
via google maps
“Dear PoPville,
I’m reaching out as a resident of the 15th Street NE corridor, bordering ANC 6A06 and 7D06, to raise urgent concerns about public safety conditions that are deteriorating rapidly in a neighborhood made up largely of young families. Many with children under the age of five.
Over the past several months, and especially in recent weeks, our community has experienced escalating gun violence, open drug activity, and other dangerous conditions that are now part of daily life. Just this week, there were seven separate shooting incidents in a single night, between 10 PM and 4 AM. That followed a recent morning shooting at 8:30 AM, while children were walking to nearby Miner preschool and elementary school. Some had to run for cover inside their school building.
In addition to the gun violence, we are regularly witnessing: (more…)
3rd and F Street, NW
MPD reported 9:18pm Wed. night: “Alert: Shooting investigation in the area of 3rd and F Street NW. Avoid the area. Details to come.”
NBC News reported:
“Two staff members of Israel’s embassy in Washington, D.C., were shot dead outside the district’s Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night, officials said.
The suspect shouted “Free, free Palestine” while in police custody and “implied” that he committed the shooting, Washington Police Chief Pamela Smith said. He was identified as Elias Rodriguez, in his early 30s, of Chicago.”
From the Embassy of Israel:
“Yaron and Sarah were our friends and colleagues. They were in the prime of their lives.
This evening, a terrorist shot and killed them as they exited an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in DC. (more…)
Thanks to A. for sending from Mount Pleasant. (more…)
A reader shares this incredibly disturbing incident from last night around 11pm in Brightwood Park.
Updates if/when more is learned.
From the office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:
“After receiving conflicting information from officials regarding the use of ADS-B transponders, a type of transponder used to communicate GPS data and project aircraft trajectory, in helicopter flights in the National Capital Region (NCR), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote Department of Transportation (DoT) Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday urging DoT to prohibit the use of helicopters for these flights in the NCR, except for the president, vice president, and in certain emergencies. A U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter from the Army Aviation Brigade at Fort Belvoir and a passenger plane collided in D.C. airspace on January 29, killing 67 people. The helicopter was not using its ADS-B transponder when the collision occurred. (more…)