WJLA reports that the D.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Board ruled today that Heritage India can reopen on December 21, but it will face restrictions on operating hours and the sale of liquor. more ›

Yesterday, we discussed how D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier has sparingly used her emergency powers to shut down bars and restaurants after violent incidents. Now it looks like Heritage India, the site of a fight which led to a shooting that left one man dead last weekend, is faced with much more than having its doors shuttered for 96 hours. more ›

So far in 2011, there have been 100 homicides in the District. That's 17 percent fewer killings than 2010. Of course, the number of murders alone don't fully define broader crime trends in the District. more ›

Yesterday, in response to a march on and sit-in at her department's headquarters, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Cathy Lanier said that the Occupy DC protests had gotten "increasingly confrontational and violent." This morning, the Occupy DC media team has struck back. more ›

A violent Halloween night in the District was not limited to the shooting of at least six people around the city, as a large brawl outside and inside the Foggy Bottom Metro station involved pepper spray being dispensed and led police to draw weapons. more ›

The Cleveland Park listserv is currently hosting quite the lively debate over the leashing of dogs in public. While that's hardly a foreign topic for a large D.C. listserv, one post which branched off from the main conversation certainly grabbed our attention. more ›

It is, unfortunately, a fairly common situation: a bus driver gets into a heated argument with a rider. More times than is acceptable, the driver gets the worst of it. It's rare that the rider is the one on the end of an assault -- but that's exactly what happened in the video above. more ›

Violent flash mobs! What to do about them? more ›

Video of at least one crew-related brawl which broke out during Saturday's Caribbean Carnival surfaced on the Internet this morning. It's unknown if there is any connection between the brawls and the shootings which occurred later in the afternoon after the parade had passed, but both incidents appear to involve conflicts between neighborhood residents. more ›

Every now and then, we wonder how people serving in local government can be so out of touch with reality. To wit: the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission's Department of Parks and Recreation, which recently advertised an upcoming video production class for teenagers in Prince George's County under the title "We Shoot Film, Not People." more ›

Yesterday afternoon and night saw no less than four violent incidents in the D.C. area. Two separate incidents involved youth in the Gallery Place area last night. One youth was stabbed, another injured with a cut hand in separate incidents on 7th Street NW. Missiles were also thrown at a bus in the same area. The incidents broke out around 11 p.m. last night. more ›

Two men were killed in separate incidents in the D.C. area last night. In Temple Hill, MD a man was shot and killed on the 3300 block of 27th Avenue. No further details are available regarding the shooting. In Springfield, VA a man was fatally shot by police after he brandished a weapon and would not drop it. The man was a suspect in a stabbing that had occurred a few minutes earlier near a tire shop. The suspect was seen in pursuit of the stabbing victim when police confronted him. more ›

In separate incidents, one man was killed and another victim stabbed in the District yesterday. On Friday at around noon, 53-year-old Anthony Lynn Willford was shot and killed on the 2300 block of Good Hope Road SE. MPD officers found Willford inside a building suffering from gunshot wounds after reports of a gunshots. Willford succumbed to his injuries at a local hospital. more ›

An adult male was shot and killed in Petworth last night, on the 4500 block of 8th Street NW or the 800 block of Alison Street, depending on reports. Right now there is not much more news regarding the homicide, the victim, or a motive. In an unrelated incident, a teen boy was shot outside of McKinley Tech High School in NE around 4 p.m. yesterday. TBD reports that the victim appears to have non-life threatening wounds, but as of yet, there is no official word on his condition. more ›

It's the 8th day of January and Prince George's County, MD has already had its 8th homicide of the New Year. Police have attributed the uptick in murder to a drug ring, but it is unclear if this homicide is related. Police were called to an apartment building in the 1400 block of University Boulevard in Hyattsville at 8 a.m. Saturday and discovered a man in the parking lot of the apartment building. The man was later pronounced dead at an area hospital. more ›

Occasionally, we're presented with stories that make us really wonder about our collective humanity. This is certainly one of those stories. more ›

Beyond the road-rage driven shooting in NE and the shootings in SE early Saturday morning, Saturday saw yet more violence. Saturday afternoon, at approximately 1:30 p.m., a man was shot on the corner of 13th and Allison Streets NW, in the Petworth neighborhood. The man had been shot in the leg, and is in stable condition at an area hospital. Prince of Petworth, via DCFireEMS's Twitter feed, reports there was a shooting on the 300 block of V Street NE, in the Eckington neighborhood Saturday night. Additionally, there was a stabbing on the 1600 block of Montello Road NE in the Trinidad neighborhood last night. more ›

As residents and city officials grapple with one of the deadliest crimes ever in the District, one local candidate was quick to use Tuesday night's mass shooting on South Capitol Street as part of his campaign for elected office. more ›

A large-scale shooting in the Washington Highlands neighborhood earlier this evening has left three people dead and as many as seven others injured. more ›

Are you drowning in a sea of negativity, the kind that seems to, at times, swallow this city up like a whale does krill? Yeah, I hear you. But, there are good stories out there, I swear. For instance: David C. Lipscomb's story in the Washington Times about how Trinidad has made the transition from a place more known for random gunfights and vehicle checkpoints to a neighborhood united, working with police, churches, advisory neighborhood commissions, the city government, and, of course, the residents, to make living there a better place. It's a rare thing when all of those agencies come together and flex their muscles for a common purpose; we should cast the spotlight it when it happens. more ›

Is Bloomingdale suffering a scourge of teenagers? more ›

Local blog Penn Quarter Living has a complete roundup of media about yesterday's city action against Club Bounce, which operated at 915 F Street NW. Formerly the space of the notorious Platinum nightclub, District officials claimed that a shooting which followed a fight outside the building was the impetus for the shuttering. According to the Post's writeup, eighty youths have been picked up for curfew violations near the club since mid-September. Club Bounce, which is an under-18 dance party that "bounces" between different locations (clever, eh?) and gathers upwards of 500 youths every Saturday night, will still continue to operate at its other locations around town. more ›

One good thing to come out of this year's controversial summer youth jobs program is the video above, an ad starring some of the program's participating students (h/t WTOP). The Neighbors of Seaton Place produced the ad with the teens, which calls on community members to put an end to the violence that is all too common on D.C. streets. more ›

Anacostia, Rhode Island Avenue, and Congress Heights all make the list of 10 Metro stations that will be receiving new surveillance cameras over the next six months, Metro Transit Police said yesterday. The Post reports today that the District is kicking in $225,000 towards the effort. Transit Police have recommended that Maryland and Virgina install additional cameras at stops in their jurisdictions as well, especially at stops at the ends of lines. more ›

Whenever the dirtiest plays in hockey history are discussed, New York Islanders fans malign Dale Hunter's hit on Pierre Turgeon. True, Hunter hit Turgeon from behind, without warning, as Turgeon raised his arms to celebrate a decisive playoff goal. True, Hunter separated Turgeon's shoulder, earning a (then record setting) 21-game suspension. Regardless, Caps fans will no longer have to listen quietly as Long Island residents insult our good name. more ›