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U.S. marshals shot and killed a man in Southeast D.C. Tuesday afternoon.

Two US Marshals opened fire on the man, he was hit and died from his injuries. It is unclear at this time if the man had shot at the marshals.

As the District of Columbia prepares to enact a wholly revised criminal code to replace its jumbled set of statutory provisions cobbled together over 122 years, critics and congressional Republicans are objecting to a handful of provisions, including an end to most mandatory minimum sentences and reduced maximum sentences for certain violent offenses, insisting they would embolden criminals.

Citing an increase in car thefts, D.C. police are offering free wheel locks to some city residents who own certain Kia or Hyundai cars.

The Metropolitan Police Department hasn’t been this small in about 50 years, the chief said Thursday.

Law enforcement officials in D.C. explain to lawmakers why they think new city laws that require thorough investigations of officers accused of wrongdoing are hurting staffing numbers and recruiting efforts.

Washington D.C. is offering free steering wheel locks to residents, after a social media challenge led to an uptick in vehicle thefts

The man a D.C. police officer shot on Friday on Good Hope Road, is not the suspect they were searching for.

Since the release of video footage showing Tyre Nichols’ killing at the hands of at least five police officers assigned to Memphis Police Department’s “Scorpion” unit, I and others have urged that similar units across the country be disbanded.

A D.C. police officer who shot and injured a man in Southeast D.C. is under investigation.