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Ex-police officer accused of killing Virginia shoplifting suspect goes on trial
A former northern Virginia police officer went on trial in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man suspected of shoplifting a pair of sunglasses. Wesley Shifflett is charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless discharge of a weapon in the killing of 37-year-old Timothy McCree Johnson in February 2023. Two officers chased and opened fire on Johnson, but Shifflett fired the...
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Fairfax County man indicted in wife's and stranger's murders
A jury indicted a Fairfax County man in connection to the slayings of his wife and another man in an alleged plot with the couple’s au pair. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.
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DC family wants justice after deadly carjacking
After an unarmed carjacking outside of a D.C. hospital, the victim’s family is demanding justice. News4’s Arielle Hixson reports.
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Fairfax County man indicted in deaths of wife, stranger
A jury indicted a Fairfax County, Virginia, man Monday in connection to the slayings of his wife and another man in an alleged plot with the couple’s au pair. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.
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Virginia man indicted in deaths of wife, stranger in alleged plot with au pair
The latest development in a complex case comes more than a year and a half after Christine Banfield was found stabbed several times in the couple’s bedroom, while an apparent stranger, Joseph Ryan, was found shot.
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Woman stabbed near Friendship Heights Metro station
A man went up to a woman sitting on a bench and stabbed her, police say. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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WATCH: Bodycam footage shows arrest of suspect near Trump International Golf Course
Footage of the suspect in the apparent assassination attempt near Trump International Golf Course has been released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office.
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Missing Virginia mom's husband set for December trial
Naresh Bhatt, the Manassas Park man accused of concealing his missing wife’s body, is set to go to trial before the end of the year. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.
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Person shot, killed on Rhode Island Ave. near Dupont Circle
A person was shot and killed early Monday near Dupont Circle in Northwest D.C. News4’s Derrick Ward reports that officers are looking for three potential suspects.
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Woman stabbed while sitting on bench outside Friendship Heights Metro station
A 66-year-old woman is seriously hurt after a man stabbed her while she sat on a bench outside the Friendship Heights Metro station in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Monday morning, police say. Marcus Dwayne Jackson, 39, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, assault and other charges. A witness saw Jackson run toward D.C. after the stabbing on Wisconsin Avenue just…
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Woman stabbed outside Friendship Heights Metro station
News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.
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Trial for missing Virginia mom's husband set to begin in December
Naresh Bhatt, the Manassas Park man accused of concealing his missing wife’s body, is set to go to trial before the end of the year.
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Person killed near Dupont Circle, police look for trio in white vehicle
A person was shot and killed early Monday in Washington, D.C.’s Dupont Circle neighborhood, and officers are looking for three potential suspects, police said. Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 1700 block of Rhode Island Ave. NW about 4:35 a.m. Officers found a male victim with a gunshot wound. He died at the scene, police said....
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Person dead after shooting near Dupont Circle
A person was killed in a shooting early Friday in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C., police said.
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Cars, motorcycle broken into at Northwest DC apartment complex
Frustration is growing for residents of one Northwest D.C. apartment complex after a series of car break-ins. At around 4 a.m. Sunday, police say someone smashed the windows of at least two cars and damaged a motorcycle inside the garage of The Berkshire Apartments on Massachusetts Avenue. One woman tells News4 she had more than $4000 worth of personal items…
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Cars, motorcycle broken into at Northwest DC apartment complex
Two cars and one motorcycle were damaged or broken into at an apartment complex in Northwest D.C. amid complaints from residents about a broken garage door. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.
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Man pleads no contest in 2019 sword deaths of father, stepmother in Pennsylvania home
A Pennsylvania man has entered no contest pleas to charges that he killed his father and stepmother with a sword in their Pennsylvania home almost five years ago.
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Judge frees Colorado paramedic convicted in death of Elijah McClain from prison
A judge is freeing from prison a Colorado paramedic convicted in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man whose name became part of the rallying cries for social justice that swept the U.S. in 2020.
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Mexican cartel leader ‘El Mayo' Zambada pleads not guilty to US charges
Longtime drug cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has pleaded not guilty to U.S. narcotics trafficking charges. Participating through a Spanish-language interpreter, Zambada
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Defense for missing mom's husband to get 2 pieces of evidence from prosecutors
A judge ordered prosecutors to turn over two pieces of evidence to attorneys defending Naresh Bhatt, the Manassas Park man accused of concealing his missing wife’s body.