Who killed Roosevelt Brockington, Jr. inside Bethesda's Suburban Hospital on New Year's Day, and why did they do it? Montgomery County police appear to be totally stumped -- though they are now admitting that Brockington's death was likely "not a random act of violence." more ›

More details on last night's fatal shootings came out this afternoon. The first, which happened at about 10:30 p.m. at 9th Street and Barry Place NW, right next to the Howard University campus, appears to have been an attempted carjacking gone wrong. The victim was 47-year-old Barbara Carl, who was riding in the passenger seat of her fiance's BMW when a group of six men approached the car. When Carl's fiance tried to drive away, one of the men opened fire on the car, and Carl was fatally wounded. more ›