Reginald Gilbert News Today

At the core of the District's bloodiest year this century is what local leaders have bemoaned for months: minor disputes that rapidly escalate into fatal encounters.

A D.C. Council member on Tuesday said the mayor of the nation's capital needs to join him in calling out the D.C. National Guard to regain control of streets overrun by violent crime.

Washington, DC, is tracking toward its deadliest year in two decades with 16 shooting deaths in August alone - the worst rate of deaths since 2003.

The mother of a man shot and killed during a mass shooting in Southeast D.C. on Saturday worked three jobs to support his family and aspired to be a role model for young people in the community, she told WTOP.