An animal advocacy group is offering a reward for information after a dog succumbed to injuries last week in Arlington.
The Animal Welfare League of Arlington responded around 8 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a dog in critical condition near the intersection of 14th Street S. and S. Walter Reed Drive, a few blocks south of Columbia Pike.
Arlington County police are investigating a second shooting in the Green Valley neighborhood.
The Saturday evening shooting happened on the same day as an early morning shooting one block away. Both resulted in non-life-threatening injuries to the victims, though the evening shooting victim — a juvenile male who showed up at the hospital with a gunshot wound, according to police — was reported to be seriously injured.
A man was shot in the Green Valley neighborhood early Saturday morning.
The shooting happened around 2:45 a.m. near Drew Elementary School and the intersection of 23rd Street S. and S. Kenmore Street. It followed reports of a group of people arguing in the area, though the exact circumstances leading to the shooting are unclear.
A pedestrian has been struck and seriously injured at a busy Ballston area intersection.
The crash happened around 4:15 p.m. at the intersection of N. Glebe Road and N. Henderson Road. Initial reports suggest a person on a scooter was struck by the driver of a pickup truck.
Arlington police, firefighters and the county’s bomb squad conducted a major investigation in the Westover neighborhood today.
Law enforcement personnel, some in heavy protective gear, could be seen hauling items out of the Fisher House Apartments at 5705 Washington Blvd. Shortly before 3:45 p.m., an arrest was announced in connection to the case.
An Arlington man and his girlfriend were killed in a shooting in Loudoun County yesterday.
Diego Alexander Woollett, 22, was one of two people shot and killed in the area of Huntington Square in Sterling early Thursday morning, police said.
The Arlington County Board has announced plans to dismiss all current members of the Human Rights Commission.
Following months of mounting tension, the County Board plans to revise the commission’s charter and clarify members’ duties. Commissioners who wish to stay would have to reapply for the role “with an explicit understanding of the HRC’s clarified duties and responsibilities,” Board Chair Libby Garvey said in an email yesterday (Thursday).
A Falls Church City Council member has resigned amid investigations into her employment disclosures.
The Washington Post and NBC 4 reported yesterday that Caroline Lian resigned her post as deputy director for the D.C. Department of Buildings after it was revealed that she had a second full-time job that she had not disclosed.
Arlington County police have released more information about a theft and shot fired incident in the Ballston area Wednesday evening.
A 50-year-old man is facing numerous charges after the wild incident, which started with a shoplifting at the Target store on N. Glebe Road.
Arlington County police are investigating an incident that resulted in a theft suspect discharging a round from the gun of a responding officer.
The incident happened just after 4:30 p.m. when a person began to load up a backpack with merchandise from the Target at 740 N. Glebe Road, according to scanner traffic.
An Arlington man likely caused the explosion that killed him and leveled his house during a standoff with police in December, authorities have concluded.
James Yoo, 56, appears to have poured gasoline throughout the basement where the blast — which engulfed the house in a fireball, hurled debris for three blocks and could be heard and felt for miles around — originated. Investigators concluded that Yoo himself likely sparked the blast by striking an ignition source such as a match, lighter, flare or gun.
Local and state authorities are investigating after a dead bear was found in a plastic bag in Arlington.
A Nextdoor user posted about the grisly discovery Friday, before authorities were called.
