Though it has always been accepted as common law, yesterday the Virginia House of Delegates passed a measure that officially grants civil immunity to those who use deadly force against intruders, reports the Washington Times. more ›

D.C. police report that officers were able to apprehend an armed robber after he attempted to accost someone along the 1200 block of H Street NE this morning. more ›

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the day a D.C. police officer shot a dog at the Adams Morgan Day festival, another police officer has been accused of firing his service weapon at a pit bull. more ›

Guns, overheards and photography in public spaces. This week's Arts Agenda was made especially for our readers. more ›

The Post brings us this report on what has to be a candidate for the most senseless act of violence in the area so far this year -- a taxi driver who killed a D.C. man over a broom. more ›

Authorities are currently searching for an older model black four-door BMW, a passenger of which fired a gun at a revelry motorcoach on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway on Sunday. more ›

Gunshots were fired near the intersection of 14th and Irving Streets NW this morning during rush hour. And while eyewitness reports indicate that the incident occurred around 9 a.m. this morning, details about what actually happened are still unclear. more ›

Yesterday around noon, D.C. resident Beverly McIntyre and her partner were playing with their dogs in the field near Klingle Mansion in Rock Creek Park. Their two dogs, an 8-year-old Golden Retriever mix and a 2-year-old hound mix, were off the leash, playing in the field. Before they knew what had happened, they saw a Parks Police officer with his gun drawn, threatening to shot their dogs if they weren't leashed immediately. more ›

A Metropolitan Police Department officer shot and wounded a Chocolate Lab named Russell Tuesday afternoon while taking a report on the scene of a traffic accident inside the Foxhall Crescents gated community in Northwest. The dog is expected to survive after receiving treatment at the Friendship Hospital for Animals on Brandywine Street NW. more ›

So what exactly caused the U.S. Capitol to be locked down this morning? U.S. Capitol Police apprehended an unidentified man who was brandishing a gun at the intersection of First Street and Constitution Avenue NE, which is near the Senate side of the Capitol's offices. more ›

A shooting at a Coast Guard recruitment center in Prince William County, which happened at some point between Monday night and Tuesday morning, has been determined to be connected to four other shootings which have happened at military-related sites around Virginia in the past three weeks. NBCWashington.com reports that investigators have confirmed that the latest shooting was linked to previous incidents, but did not disclose any information on the type of gun that was used. Police are still searching for a suspect. more ›

We finally were able to obtain a copy of the official police report on the shooting of a dog at Adams Morgan Day on Sunday. The report contains discrepancies from eyewitness accounts and the statement released by a spokesperson for the dog's owner on Sunday night. more ›

UPDATE (5:15 p.m.): James J. Lee, who has been holding hostages since early this afternoon at the Discovery Communications headquarters building, was shot at about 4:48 p.m. Lee is in police custody but his condition is unknown at this time. Lee was described by Montgomery County Police Chief Tom Manger as having a "wide range of emotions" during the negotiations. more ›

Wizards guard Javaris Crittenton was charged with two misdemeanor counts of unlawful gun possession earlier today, but has already entered a guilty plea on one of the charges, as part of a deal with prosecutors, the Post's Keith Alexander and Mike Wise report from D.C. Superior Court.

Senior Judge Bruce Beaudin on Monday agreed with the prosecutor's suggestion and sentenced Crittenton to one year of unsupervised probation and $1,250 in fines. Crittenton also agreed to begin a mentoring program to District children and work with the NBA on relief for Haiti earthquake victims.

Ward 7 D.C. Council member Yvette Alexander (D) has to have the worst luck out of all of her colleagues when it comes to crime. Back in June of 2007, she had her purse stolen while at a gas station. And now today, D.C. Wire reports that a suspected robber pulled a gun on her Wednesday afternoon. more ›

Below is the statement circulated today by Gilbert Arenas's attorney on the question of whether the Wizards star brought guns into the Verizon Center. According to the attorney, Arenas met with federal prosecutors and D.C. police detectives earlier today to formally answer questions about the incident. In his press statement, Agent Zero basically admits that the majority of the media accounts on this story have been true, noting that he did bring four guns to work with him, and that he did brandish them inside the locker room on Dec. 21. The only thing Gil disputes are his intentions: he thought having unloaded guns inside the District was OK, and he only meant "to play a joke on a teammate." more ›

Early on, MPD officers tolerated the chaos. Around 150 snowballers lined up on the east and west sides of 14th Street NW just north of U Street, idling politely as passing cars sludged through the intersection before rushing out to meet one another on the icy field of combat. A few activist-types carried riot shields featuring the anarchy symbol and unfurled a giant banner reading "No War but Snow War." One snowballer carried an IKEA bag full of snowballs, as good a visual metaphor for a snowball fight at that intersection as you could hope to find. Good times. more ›

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The Associated Press (via WTOP) is reporting that the incident that closed down the area around the Library of Congress earlier today was that U.S. Capitol Police detained a man who had a rifle and an improvised explosive device in his vehicle. Sounds like we might have another Michael Gorbey on our hands, except, of course, minus one samurai sword. more ›

The Hill reports that Michael Gorbey, the Virginia man who was convicted on weapons charges stemming from his January arrest for carrying a loaded shot gun and a samurai sword with him around Capitol Hill, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. That's a pretty staggering sentence, which is the result of Gorbey's conviction on 14 charges, including one for possessing and transporting a "weapon of mass destruction." A couple of weeks after his arrest, police searching Gorbey's vehicle discovered he had also brought the components needed to construct a bomb with him. more ›

Federal prosecutors announced today that no charges will be filed against the two off-duty D.C. police officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old DeOnté Rawlings on Sept. 17, 2007. more ›

It looks like Virginia's gunnin' for a fight -- pun intended. more ›

Jim Bowden has been a busy man this offseason. Since we last left the Nationals, they have acquired outfielder Elijah Dukes, infielder Aaron Boone, pitcher Tyler Clippard, and catcher Paul Lo Duca. They have also signed outfielder Wily Mo Pena to a one year deal. Betting that he can't possibly have two horrible years in a row, the Nats have also signed outfielder Ryan "more strikeouts than total bases" Langerhans to a one year deal.... more ›

I doubt anyone is at the "Gilbert Who?" stage yet, but anyone who's been watching the Washington Wizards play since Agent Zero went down would be hard pressed to deny that the team has been just plain fun to watch these last few weeks - perhaps because with the big gun out, they are playing like a team. Last night three players had double-doubles and a total of six players scored in double figures... more ›

Good morning, Washington. It turns out that House Pages don't need lecherous congressmen's help to make scandalous headlines: two have just gotten busted for inappropriate behavior in a House elevator. They've been dismissed, bringing the year's total fired pages to five — two others were caught shoplifting, and one was booted for fighting. Needless to say, it looks like the program — the oversight of which has been in turmoil — will be getting... more ›

Good morning, Washington. It's news of the weird day today on DCist, as the Post tells the bizarre story of two 2nd-year engineering students from U-Va. who have been charged with the kidnapping of a man in Tysons Corner and demanding $500,000 in ransom. Both the two kidnappers and the victim are Chinese nationals who had been living with host families in Virginia while attending college. Police arrested Guanyu Lu and Baichuan Shu, both 19,... more ›

In Los Angeles, LAist most definitely celebrated Thanksgiving like no other. After all, one has to keep up all the energy to keep on walking the line at the Writers Strike and fighting the unfortunate return of the wildfires in Malibu, which single handedly destroyed over fifty homes within the first 24 hours. National outlets may be covering the fires, but CNN also found it is easier to buy a gun than fruit and... more ›

The Supreme Court has announced that it will take on Heller v. District of Columbia, the D.C. handgun case, and decide whether our city's ban on handguns violates the Constitution. The Court will likely hear the case sometime in March, with a decision to come later in the session. The case will mark the first time the Court has taken up the meaning of the Second Amendment in almost 70 years, and the decision could... more ›