Man Pleads Guilty to Firing Bullets at Pentagon

The man accused of firing bullets at the Pentagon and other military installations in Northern Virginia pleaded guilty in federal court today. Yonathan Melaku, 23, of Alexandria, pleaded guilty to...

Thoughts With Virginia Tech

(Updated at 2:00 p.m.) Arlington is home not only to a high concentration of Virginia Tech graduates, but also to the new Virginia Tech National Capital Region Research Center. Given this...

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Garvey Announces For County Board -- Arlington school board member Libby Garvey, who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate earlier this year, will formally announce next month that she's running...

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White House Shooting Suspect Arrested -- The man wanted for firing bullets at the White House Friday night, who may or may not have been squatting in Arlington, was arrested in Pennsylvania...

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Bullet Hit White House -- Two bullets have been discovered on the White House grounds after Friday night's shooting incident. Oscar Ramiro Ortega is wanted in connection with the shooting. The...

Shooting Suspect May Have Been Squatting in Arlington

A man suspected in a shooting incident near the White House on Friday night might have been squatting in a vacant Arlington home. Gunfire was heard around 9:30 Friday night on the 1600 block of...

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Pentagon Suspect Suspected in Shootings -- The man whose arrest prompted authorities to shut down Washington Boulevard during the Friday morning rush hour is now being investigated for a possible...

Pentagon, Museum Shootings Linked; Extra Security Needed for Marathon?

Local news outlets are reporting that the FBI has just confirmed that the same weapon was used to fire shots at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle on Oct. 17 and at the Pentagon on...

Neighbors Say Hopkins Shooter Was a “Quiet Guy” Who “Loved His Mother”

Neighbors say Paul Warren Pardus was an aberration: a quiet, reserved guy in an otherwise open and friendly neighborhood. Outside Pardus' home on South Kenmore Street in Nauck tonight, a steady...

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Pentagon Reviewing Change to Security Checkpoints Near Metro Station -- At the behest of local transportation officials, Pentagon brass will be reviewing proposed changes to the security...

Crime Report: Shooting Arrest

From this week's Arlington County Police Department crime report we highlight this case of a man who was shot near the Green Valley Pharmacy during an argument. Police were first alerted to the...

Pentagon Police Officers Speak Out

The two Pentagon police officers who were shot during Thursday night's shooting outside the Pentagon Metro spoke out about their experience on several news programs Monday morning "We were there...

Pentagon Gunman Left Rants About 9/11 Conspiracy

Suspected Pentagon Metro gunman John Patrick Bedell, 36, left a trail of 9/11 conspiracy theory and marijuana-legalization ramblings on the internet, according to Gawker. After parking his car in...

UPDATE – Pentagon Metro Closed, Suspect Dead

The Pentagon Metro will be closed Friday morning as the FBI investigates Thursday night's shooting. It's not known when the station will reopen. Meanwhile, CBS News is reporting that the suspect...

BREAKING NEWS – More Details Revealed About Shooting

The press conference outside the Pentagon Metro station has revealed new details about tonight's shooting. Pentagon police chief Richard Keevill said that a lone shooter approached officers manning a...