Deadly Southeast DC shooting ends city’s 12-day homicide-free streak under federal crackdown

WASHINGTON, DC — The first homicide in nearly two weeks was reported just after midnight Monday in Southeast, ending a rare 12-day stretch without a killing in the nation’s capital during President Trump’s federally ordered law enforcement surge.

The shooting happened around 12:24 a.m. in the 300 block of Anacostia Road SE. A man was found suffering from a gunshot wound and was rushed to a hospital, where he later died.

The city’s last reported homicide occurred on August 13. The pause in killings came after a federal crackdown began August 11, when Trump authorized expanded federal control in Washington. National Guard troops arrived the following day, with local and federal agencies carrying o

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