14th Street Heights

28 year-old arrested and charged with alleged shooting of an MPD officer near 14th and Quincy St, NW

By Prince Of Petworth

From MPD:

“Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division announce an arrest has been made in reference to an Assault with Intent to Kill a Metropolitan Police Officer while Armed (Gun) offense that occurred on Sunday, January 23, 2022, in the 1300 block of Spring Road, Northwest.

At approximately 8:58 pm, on-duty, uniformed MPD officers were on patrol in the 1300 block of Spring Road, Northwest. The officers attempted to make contact with an adult male at this location. As an officer was exiting the vehicle, the suspect fired a handgun multiple times towards the officers. The suspect then fled the scene. An officer was transported to an area hospital for treatment of non-life threatening gunshot wounds. (more…)

Update: MPD officer “treated and released from the hospital”, “No arrests at this time”. “An armed subject has shot a 4th District officer.”

By Prince Of Petworth


14th and Spring towards Quincy Street, NW

Readers first started reporting around 9:10pm Sunday night.

From MPD:

“Critical Incident thread: An armed subject has shot a 4th District officer. The officer has been transported to the hospital & a barricade has been declared in the 1400 block of Quincy Street NW. On-scene briefing is forthcoming.” (more…)

NYE at Derby Still A Go! And they are “strictly limiting capacity, spacing out tables & as always, our staff is vaxed and masked”

By Prince Of Petworth


3718 14th Street, NW

From the Red Derby:

“We’re still looking forward to our New Year’s Celebration > as you know at Derby, pre-Covid, we hosted an annual NYE Decades of Decadence Party featuring the 1970s & 1990s!

We’re still very excited to celebrate NY (bc 2022 has to be better than 2021!) BUT we are taking extra precautions for everyone’s safety >> we’re strictly limiting capacity, spacing out tables & as always, our staff is vaxed and masked. (more…)

“Metro announces first all-electric bus garage to be built at Northern bus facility” (14th Street NW, between Decatur and Buchanan)

By Prince Of Petworth


14th Street NW, between Decatur and Buchanan Streets via WMATA

From WMATA:

“Major step in advancing the Board’s recently adopted goal of transitioning to a fully zero-emission bus fleet by 2045

Metro announced that it will build its first all-electric bus garage, with infrastructure and equipment needed to run 100% electric vehicles, at the Northern Bus Garage in Northwest Washington, D.C. Construction of the operations and maintenance facility is expected to take four years once all approvals are received, and will open with a mix of the current Metrobus fleet and new battery-electric vehicles, transitioning to 100% electric as Metrobus’ electric bus fleet expands. (more…)

Shots Fired around 10pm “officers discovered numerous cartridge casings and a building that sustained minor damage”

By Prince Of Petworth


via google maps

From MPD:

“At approximately 9:56pm, the Metropolitan Police responded to the 1200 block of Jefferson Street, Northwest, for a report of gunfire. Upon their arrival, officers discovered numerous cartridge casings and a building that sustained minor damage from the unlawful discharge.

If you have any information regarding this incident contact the Metropolitan Police at 202-727-9099.”

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