gun violence

News4’s Jackie Bensen has more on the concerns that residents have. 

A man on trial for an alleged double murder in Alexandria in July 2022 admits he shot and killed two construction workers but claims he shot them in self-defense during a fight near the site where they were working. Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter Drew Wilder has the latest details from court.

The family of a Hyattsville nightclub security guard killed in a shooting pleads for leads in the case. News4’s Dominique Moody reports.

A college student from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was shot and killed in North Carolina just days before his graduation. Police found North Carolina Central University student Myles Gresham shot to death in his car several miles away from campus at an apartment complex near where he lived in Durham Thursday. The 22-year-old was driving when he was struck by gunfire…

A college student from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was shot and killed in North Carolina just days before his graduation. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Police bodycam video shows students running from gunfire that injured five people. Two teenagers, 14 and 16, were arrested Monday and charged as adults with attempted murder. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Two teens have been arrested in connection with the chaotic senior skip day shooting in Greenbelt, Maryland, that sent five people to the hospital earlier this month. Hundreds of teenagers gathered at Schrom Hills Park April 19 for a skip day gathering that ended in chaos as shots were fired. Video recorded by a Bladensburg High School student who shared…

Two teens have been arrested in connection with the chaotic senior skip day shooting in Greenbelt, Maryland, earlier this month that sent five people to the hospital. News4’s Walter Morris reports.

Police made a quick arrest after five people and a security guard were wounded in a shooting outside the Decades nightclub in Dupont Circle. Along with that incident, police are also investigating a deadly shooting in the U Street corridor. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Three people were killed and two were hurt in shootings in D.C. overnight. News4’s Joseph Olmo has video from a barrage of gunfire in Petworth.

Three people are dead and two are hurt after three overnight shootings Thursday in D.C., police say. Officers responded after hearing gunfire on 10th Street and Spring Road NW just after midnight. They arrived to find three victims, D.C. police said. Residents said they heard about 30 seconds of gunfire. They grabbed their babies and spouses and dropped to the floor....

Three people were killed within three hours of each other in three wards overnight Thursday in D.C., police say. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

A man and his young daughter were shot late Tuesday in Northeast D.C., police say. Officers were called to a shooting in the 4800 block of North Capitol Street NE about 11:30 p.m., D.C. police said. The shooting occurred in the Fort Totten neighborhood. The child is about 4 years old, police said. Both victims were taken to the hospital…

A man and a child of about 4 years old were shot late Tuesday in Northeast D.C., according to police. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

An 18-year-old suspect is custody after video captured the shooting in D.C.’s Hill neighborhood, police say.

Residents of D.C.’s Hill East neighborhood are frustrated and angry after a shooting broke the peace of the residential area and sent people ducking for cover in their homes around 2 a.m. Monday. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

About 500-600 people were gathered at a Greenbelt park Friday afternoon when gunfire erupted, injuring five teenagers.

A student describes the moments after gunfire erupted at a senior skip day gathering in Prince George’s County, Maryland, as utter chaos. Five teens were shot Friday afternoon at Schrom Hills Park in Greenbelt. News4’s Mauricio Casillas spoke to a student who recorded the heart-pounding rush to safety after shots were fired.

Authorities say an 18-year-old woman died after she was shot on the campus of Delaware State University. Dover police say officers responded at 1:40 a.m. Sunday to a report of shots on the campus. A Wilmington woman who was not a registered student was found with a gunshot wound near a freshman dorm. She was rushed to a hospital and...

Five teenagers were shot Friday afternoon as hundreds of teens gathered for a senior skip day party at a Greenbelt park. News4’s Walter Morris reports.