Two owners cited crime as one of the motivating factors. “You can only take so many hits and say, ‘this aint worth it,'” says Aaron McGovern of Brine.

Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a new program that will give free tags to residents, making it easier to locate their cars if they’re stolen.

A spate of burglaries and window smashing at local businesses has the community on edge. Neighbors want accountability for that and other property crimes, but don’t agree on what kind.

As part of an anti-violence campaign, organizers will be distributing red signs reading Thou Shalt Not Kill.

The indictment, which includes murder in the first degree and a host of firearms violations, also suggests the attacks were a hate crime against unhoused people.

Police say Juan Rodriguez Alfaro may have committed as many as 21 attacks near the trail this summer. He was also wanted in New York.

Police have not yet identified who was responsible.

Detectives say the laptops have an estimated value over $2 million and were being stored in a Springfield warehouse, where they were to be auctioned off. 

D.C. officials say they may try and hold organizers of the musical event accountable for the violence, even though past events at the same location have happened without incident.

Police, the D.C. Hispanic Contractors Association, and local government are working together to curb construction site robberies.