Capitol Hill Crime

[Capitol Hill Crime @capitolcaucus]

Only DC and Baltimore can screw up a redevelopment project this badly.

[Matthew Adler @mattadler81]

Gunshots by Osteria Morini overnight broke a couple of windows in the lumberyard building. Quite scary.

[NBC4 Washington @nbcwashington]

Police are investigating whether the driver who hit and killed a pedestrian blocks from the White House was fleeing a traffic stop. He was the subject of a police lookout connected to a hit-and-run in Prince George’s County, sources tell News4. https://t.co/zlcGYx5bnu

[Potomac Fever @FeverPotomac]

Thanks, @charlesallen !!

[The DC MD VA Live @TheDMVLive]

MAN DEFENDS HIMSELF DURING ROBBERY ON CAPITOL HILL IN DC LAST NIGHT, EXPECTED TO SURVIVE AFTER BEING SHOT

The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrest of a suspect in a shooting that occurred during a robbery attempt Saturday night in Northeast.

On Saturday, September 20, 2025, at approximately 10:24 p.m., First District officers responded to the 200 block of 8th Street, Northeast for the report of a shooting. One adult male victim was located conscious and breathing suffering from a from a gunshot wound. A short time later an additional shooting patient, the suspect in the offense, was located in the 400 block of 9th Street, Northeast. Both the victim and the suspect were transported to area hospitals for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The investigation determined that the suspect approached the victim and demanded the victim’s property at gunpoint. The victim complied, and the suspect then demanded the victim unlock his cell phone. A struggle then occurred for the suspect’s firearm, causing the firearm to discharge and injure both the victim and the suspect.

As a result of the detectives’ investigation, a 17-year-old juvenile male of Suitland, MD, was arrested and charged with Assault with Intent to Rob.

[Oversight Committee @GOPoversight]

Did you know that the D.C. officials decided that anyone under 25 should be tried as a "youth offender" to give them more leniency for their crimes?

That changes today when we pass @RepDonaldsPress' bill to lower that age to 18. KEEP D.C. SAFE! 🇺🇸

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

Man wanted in connection with an armed carjacking says he's been in and out of D.C. jail "six times."

"They release me. It's the same thing every... time."

President Trump took action to protect the people of Washington, D.C. — because its leaders failed to.

[J Michael Waller @JMichaelWaller]

NBC highlights my carjacking in DC - and how a federal judge let the perpetrators free to go out and murder a 17 year-old - in a feature on the carjacking pandemic.

No thanks to @charlesallen, who is part of the crime problem. https://t.co/dha6FITaC2

[Capitol Hill Crime @capitolcaucus]

The people “resisting” the feds involvement & pounding their chests with some cherry picked crime stats should consult their urbanite yuppy handbook and watch #TheWire.

Maybe fiction will help them wake up to reality.

[Zach Kessel @zach_kessel]

NEW from @alanagoodman: Deposition and phone call transcripts, internal Metropolitan Police Department emails, and court documents show a systematic policy of misclassifying crimes to artificially lower DC crime statistics.

[Capitol Hill Crime @capitolcaucus]

A little history lesson is warranted. Around 2016 when @charlesallen became the head of the council’s Judiciary subcommittee he embarked on a “criminal justice reform” campaign that sought to soften the penal code because of its “disproportionate” impact on certain populations manifested most notably by relatively higher incarceration rates.

This social theory had been making the rounds in academia & progressive civil rights groups and they itched to put this new theory into practice. Allen was a ready & willing accomplice.

At the time, DC crime had experienced a sustained down period. The theory went something like, the way to get crime down even further is to go after the perceived “root causes” of crime most aptly described as socioeconomic distress. The theory goes if you throw public money at this problem crime will go down.

Criminal justice reform theory’s other prong holds that sentences, bail, prosecutorial and sentencing practices need to get softer because they have been heretofore unjust as seen by the disproportionate incarceration rate. Essentially, make it harder to put people in jail and hopefully the increased social spending will keep them out of jail.

So now you’ve got a situation where you’re letting people off easy and essentially paying to hope the criminal element in the population will stop offending.

Allen executed this plan to near perfection lowering sentences, effectively freeing people under 25 from detention or long term incarceration. He also reallocated money away from the police budget to his preferred social welfare programs.

He pretty much succeeded by 2020 and then the George Floyd incident happened and he and the council kicked the effort into overdrive. Allen effectively unmasked himself as a “defund the police” champion. @DCPoliceDept was effectively stood down. They stopped enforcing laws at every level including traffic laws.

At this point, whatever constraints previously in place that had brought DC to where it was on crime had been undone and the horse was out of the barn. Society gave many inches and criminals took many miles. It didn’t take long for criminals to respond to the incentive landscape and crime erupted.

The 2020-present day era has been well documented with the litany of heartbreaking stories and jaw dropping callousness by judges and prosecutors that have allowed violent reoffenders to be set free prior to trial only commit murder in some cases.

In conclusion, the voting public must remember that this was a methodical and dogged public policy effort by Allen and his colleagues.

Today, the same actors are still in power and his criminal justice policies are still on the books. Real change will come when his policies are repealed.

[Capitol Hill Crime @capitolcaucus]

The federal law enforcement surge & sober assessment of DC’s soft on crime laws by the administration - especially for juvenile offenders - is a long time coming.

What’s remains incredible and utterly predictable is this city’s hysterical reaction to a lawful action that has zero downside for law abiding citizens.

The laws haven’t changed nor have civil rights for U.S. citizens. It is merely a policy decision to actively enforce the laws (lackadaisical as they are in many cases) that are on the books.

If you’re a law abiding citizen, what do you have to worry about? Why does this city prefer to prioritize criminal behavior over public safety. How many innocents have to die before we course correct?

Because it’s @realDonaldTrump who’s doing it - that’s why. The Trump Derangement Syndrome on this issue is so acute that DC refuses to acknowledge a basic objective reality - that violent crime and homelessness are at unacceptable levels.

The city and its leaders either never had or have lost all objectivity on the subject of crime. They are clinging to statistical comparisons between a set of years when the murder rate had already reached a 20 year high.

Between 2020-2024 DC crime reached a fever pitch. Carjackings, muggings and murders soared. Neighborhoods once gentrified for a decade plus backslid into mayhem. This was and remains the objective reality. Shootings in places where they hadn’t happened in years, brazen murders, innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets and the list goes on.

While this was happening our elected leadership told us to grit and bear it - handing out free steering wheel locks and sharing defensive driving techniques applicable to war zones. In fact, the @councilofdc and members like @charlesallen wanted to double down & further dial down traditional law enforcement even further in favor of unproven & dangerous social welfare policies that have proven to be rife with financial corruption & scandal.

For however long this surge lasts it won’t solve the underlying problems of laws that are too lax for juveniles & violent offenders. Until those are reformed and repealed, criminal behavior will not change.

We’ve finally reached a point where the diagnosis is irrefutable and now it’s incumbent that we address the root cause. 1/x

[Capitol Hill Crime @capitolcaucus]

The @DCPoliceDept tweet corroborates these pictures. This is absolutely out of control. There’s a public safety crisis in DC perpetuated by children with guns. @USAO_DC @DCAttorneyGen you need to put your heads together and figure this the f*** out.

https://t.co/uIs7F68n3m

[Capitol Hill Crime @capitolcaucus]

.@USAO_DC it’s time to sit down with @DCAttorneyGen and make him an ultimatum. Clean up the teen crime or the Feds will. No more trips to summer camp aka New Beginnings for vicious teenage felons.

[Capitol Hill Crime @capitolcaucus]

The one and only @charlesallen will not say one word about this terrifying incident. To fully illustrate the absolute insanity of Ward 6 crime, 20 shots were fired outside a house that just sold for 3.25 million across the street from a park that is full of families and children everyday. We need help @DCPoliceUnion @USAttyPirro @FBIDDBongino @FeverPotomac

[Capitol Hill Crime @capitolcaucus]

A little history lesson is warranted. Around 2016 when @charlesallen became the head of the council’s Judiciary subcommittee he embarked on a “criminal justice reform” campaign that sought to soften the penal code because of its “disproportionate” impact on certain populations manifested most notably by relatively higher incarceration rates.

This social theory had been making the rounds in academia & progressive civil rights groups and they itched to put this new theory into practice. Allen was a ready & willing accomplice.

At the time, DC crime had experienced a sustained down period. The theory went something like, the way to get crime down even further is to go after the perceived “root causes” of crime most aptly described as socioeconomic distress. The theory goes if you throw public money at this problem crime will go down.

Criminal justice reform theory’s other prong holds that sentences, bail, prosecutorial and sentencing practices need to get softer because they have been heretofore unjust as seen by the disproportionate incarceration rate. Essentially, make it harder to put people in jail and hopefully the increased social spending will keep them out of jail.

So now you’ve got a situation where you’re letting people off easy and essentially paying to hope the criminal element in the population will stop offending.

Allen executed this plan to near perfection lowering sentences, effectively freeing people under 25 from detention or long term incarceration. He also reallocated money away from the police budget to his preferred social welfare programs.

He pretty much succeeded by 2020 and then the George Floyd incident happened and he and the council kicked the effort into overdrive. Allen effectively unmasked himself as a “defund the police” champion. @DCPoliceDept was effectively stood down. They stopped enforcing laws at every level including traffic laws.

At this point, whatever constraints previously in place that had brought DC to where it was on crime had been undone and the horse was out of the barn. Society gave many inches and criminals took many miles. It didn’t take long for criminals to respond to the incentive landscape and crime erupted.

The 2020-present day era has been well documented with the litany of heartbreaking stories and jaw dropping callousness by judges and prosecutors that have allowed violent reoffenders to be set free prior to trial only commit murder in some cases.

In conclusion, the voting public must remember that this was a methodical and dogged public policy effort by Allen and his colleagues.

Today, the same actors are still in power and his criminal justice policies are still on the books. Real change will come when his policies are repealed.

[Capitol Hill Crime @capitolcaucus]

The federal law enforcement surge & sober assessment of DC’s soft on crime laws by the administration - especially for juvenile offenders - is a long time coming.

What’s remains incredible and utterly predictable is this city’s hysterical reaction to a lawful action that has zero downside for law abiding citizens.

The laws haven’t changed nor have civil rights for U.S. citizens. It is merely a policy decision to actively enforce the laws (lackadaisical as they are in many cases) that are on the books.

If you’re a law abiding citizen, what do you have to worry about? Why does this city prefer to prioritize criminal behavior over public safety. How many innocents have to die before we course correct?

Because it’s @realDonaldTrump who’s doing it - that’s why. The Trump Derangement Syndrome on this issue is so acute that DC refuses to acknowledge a basic objective reality - that violent crime and homelessness are at unacceptable levels.

The city and its leaders either never had or have lost all objectivity on the subject of crime. They are clinging to statistical comparisons between a set of years when the murder rate had already reached a 20 year high.

Between 2020-2024 DC crime reached a fever pitch. Carjackings, muggings and murders soared. Neighborhoods once gentrified for a decade plus backslid into mayhem. This was and remains the objective reality. Shootings in places where they hadn’t happened in years, brazen murders, innocent bystanders hit by stray bullets and the list goes on.

While this was happening our elected leadership told us to grit and bear it - handing out free steering wheel locks and sharing defensive driving techniques applicable to war zones. In fact, the @councilofdc and members like @charlesallen wanted to double down & further dial down traditional law enforcement even further in favor of unproven & dangerous social welfare policies that have proven to be rife with financial corruption & scandal.

For however long this surge lasts it won’t solve the underlying problems of laws that are too lax for juveniles & violent offenders. Until those are reformed and repealed, criminal behavior will not change.

We’ve finally reached a point where the diagnosis is irrefutable and now it’s incumbent that we address the root cause. 1/x

[The DC MD VA Live @TheDMVLive]

CRITICAL SHOOTING IN DC: 1200 block of 12th Street NW in Logan Circle DC— male shot, last reported unconscious but still breathing. #DCCrime

[Capitol Hill Crime @capitolcaucus]

A juvenile curfew should be in effect for the entire city. We can’t contemplate lifting it until all of @charlesallen’s pro crime laws have been repealed and order is restored.

[Wid Lyman @Wid_Lyman]

📍Navy Yard, Washington D.C.

Shots Fired: At approx. 9:26pm shot(s) rang out near the Navy Yard - Ballpark metro stop. A suspect was arrested and a firearm was recovered shortly afterwards.

A group of 100+ youths were gathered in the park launching fireworks, riding dirt bikes, and scootering on electric vehicles.

Multiple federal agencies were spotted included FBI and HSI after the incident.

@BorderHawkNews

[Capitol Hill Crime @capitolcaucus]

I’m getting reports of a shooting @ 100 M ST SE. Seems like the teen curfew isn’t working. I can’t wait for Monday’s announcement. It’s time to lock DC down with overwhelming & sustained law enforcement presence. Flood the zone. Jail the perpetrators appropriately & take the city back for law abiding citizens. @USAO_DC @JudgeJeanine @DCPoliceUnion @MAGAIncWarRoom @RapidResponse47 @realDonaldTrump