WASHINGTON — Police are investigating after officers shot and killed a dog they say charged at them, biting one, in Northwest D.C. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting happened in the 6700 block of Piney Branch Rd. around 6 p.m.

A D.C. police officer shot and killed a dog Wednesday evening. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said just after 6 p.m., officers were called to a “domestic disturbance” in the 6700 block of Piney Branch Road in Northwest.

Officer LaCarsha Garrett, a 16-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department, has died after what officials described as a “courageous

D.C. police have identified the man who died after he was stabbed in Northwest on Sunday. According to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), on Dec. 8, just after 5:30 p.m., officers responded to an alley in the back of the 1700 block of Columbia Road for a stabbing.

Police in the District were investigating a deadly stabbing that happened in Northwest D.C. on Sunday night. Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s road to Damascus has been long. He has talked openly about his change along the way.

A 25-year-old man was killed in a stabbing Sunday evening in an alley behind the 1700 block of Columbia Road in Northwest Washington.

An investigation is underway in Northwest, D.C. after a deadly stabbing Sunday evening. Police are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect after a man was stabbed to death in an alley behind the 1700 block of Columbia Road NW.