Columbia Heights

Reports of Multiple Shots Fired with Multiple Injuries around 4:45pm in Columbia Heights

By Prince Of Petworth



UPDATE: From MPD, “Shooting Investigation at the intersection of 14th Street NW and Spring Road NW.

L/O for 3 B/Ms, 2 wearing all black with black hoodies and 1 wearing a grey hoodie. Last seen in a dark blue or black vehicle with tinted windows going N/B 14th St NW.
DO NOT TAKE ACTION CALL 911″

Nolan reported: “7 shot, 9 taken to the hospital, 1 dead.”

A reader reports:

“Was sitting in my living room on 14th St and heard 8-10 gunshots. Crowd and large police presence outside of the 3600 block.”

Hillary reports:

“5th ambulance arriving (and they seems to keep coming) in CoH north of Exxon and Pho on 14th — at 4:52 there was a rash of gunfire … sounded like two guns. Must have lasted 20 seconds.” (more…)

“Mystery Candle Maker”

By Prince Of Petworth

“Dear PoPville,

I bought this candle at the Columbia Heights farmers market late last summer. It was a great candle and I’d like to get another but have no idea who the vendor is. Hoping your readers may know.”

ALERT: “did someone say, All You Can Eat Korean Steak?”

By Prince Of Petworth


3365 14th Street, NW

Thanks to Jared for sending this essential news.

After an epic wait, Iron Age Korean Steak (and BBQ) opened in Columbia Heights on July 1st.

Anyone take an early taste? Update: Jill reports: “Went last night. We haven’t dined indoors since COVID started, but they take distancing really seriously – temperature check, hand sanitizer, making sure tables are far apart… The GREAT deal is $25 pp for AYCE dinner and $18 AYCE for lunch.”

Check out their full menu here.

This is the former home to Jenkins Capital BBQ/Ruby Tuesday.

Man Shot in Columbia Heights Sunday early evening

By Prince Of Petworth


via google maps

From MPD Sunday around 7:30pm:

“The Third District is currently investigating a shooting in the 1300 block of Columbia Rd NW. An adult male has been transported to an area hospital for a non life threatening gunshot to the arm.

Anyone with information is asked to call 202-727-9099.”

Georgia Avenue and Columbia Heights Metro Stations are closed for Trackwork until July 18

By Prince Of Petworth


Photo by Tim Brown

From WMATA:

“Work on the Green and Yellow lines will continue through mid-July in the segments outlined below. Once this work is completed, Metro’s summer track work will move over to the Red Line from mid-July to August.

Metro will actively monitor ridership – which is currently extremely light – to ensure that the work does not cause unintended impacts as the region begins the initial stages of recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Why is Metro doing this work, and why now?

Currently, ridership levels are extremely low (down 90-95 percent), and buses are able to run in place of trains without traffic delays. Metro is taking advantage of these conditions to schedule around-the-clock track work in selected areas to keep critical maintenance and reliability projects on schedule. By doing this, Metro is working to offset potential delays to the project schedule as a result of Covid-19 safety protocols, supply chain delays, and workforce availability challenges.

July 6-18, 2020

Work zone: Green LineYellow LineU Street to Fort Totten
Stations closed: Columbia Heights and Georgia Ave-Petworth

Customer impact: (more…)

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