Crime: Zero Homicides, One Shooting Reported in Georgetown for 2025
• September 15, 2025

By Aiden Mellon, D.C. Witness staff As President Trump’s surge of law enforcement with the National Guard nears a month, questions remain about how it has helped Georgetown, and also […]

Crime: City and Its Council Need to Get Real  
• August 16, 2023

On Aug. 7, Ward 8 Council member Trayon White made headlines as he suggested the use of the D.C. National Guard to combat the city’s unrelenting lawlessness and violence.  “The […]

Crime & Safety: Latest Reports, Aggravated Politics and Firearms
• August 15, 2022

Heightened Political Tensions and D.C. Homicide Stats Recent crime stats for the District show improvements in many categories, but not for homicides. So far, in 2022, the District has seen […]

Exclusive Interview: Robert White, Top Rival to Mayor Muriel Bowser  
• May 13, 2022

As Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) seeks to become the first woman elected to a third term in office this fall as the District’s chief executive, her top rival in the […]

Fund Set Up for Tarek Boothe, Killed Jan. 31 on M St.
• February 3, 2022

The young man fatally shot the evening of Jan. 31 near the corner of 33rd and M Streets NW has been identified as Tarek Boothe, who was from Alexandria and […]

Saturday Homicide, Thursday Manhunt Shake Up Georgetown
• November 9, 2020

The nighttime scene along K Street from 29th Street past 34th Street has many residents upset about the ongoing criminal activity, which includes drag racing, drug dealing and muggings.