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Maryland State Police have arrested a Bowie man and seized multiple firearms following an alleged road rage incident on Central Avenue in Prince George?s County. According to a press release, on August 7, 2025, a motorist called the Maryland State Police College Park Barrack to report that another motorist had pointed a firearm at them while traveling on Central Avenue. An investigation was initiated by the Maryland State Police Highway Gun Crimes Initiative, and Justus McDougal, 24, of Bowie, was identified as the suspect.

New data from President Trump?s federal takeover of D.C. shows a sharp drop in crime and a rise in arrests. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city is also preparing a new homeless census. FOX 5?s Melanie Alnwick has the latest.

There are two separate cases of severe animal cruelty under investigation in the DMV tonight. One involves a severely emaciated dog dumped in Prince William County and in D.C. another dog was shot and killed. FOX 5's Sydney Persing reports.

A D.C. mother was killed and her child was injured after a stolen car crashed into her in Prince George's County. The car had four teens inside, all of whom were hospitalized with injuries.

Two children were killed and 17 other people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis. The suspect, who has been identified as Robin Westman, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting through the church windows as children worshiped during their first week of school mass.

A Montgomery County judge has imposed the maximum possible sentence for a driver who was convicted of hitting a police officer in a 2023 crash.

The Sapphire tour comes to Prince George's county. It is the first professional golf tour created to elevate Black women in competitive golf. Today was the final tee off and a winner was announced.

A northern Virginia community is growing more fresh food for its residents and putting what was a long-vacant site to use in the process. FOX 5?s Jennifer Delgado joins us Fairfax's new vertical farm.

A suspect is wanted for reportedly placing multiple "improvised incendiary" devices, similar to Molotov cocktails, outside a fire station in Prince George's County, and information leading to the suspect's arrest has a combined reward of up to $7,500.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers are arguing he has a right to seek asylum in the United States after being detained Monday in Baltimore by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, according to reporting by the Associated Press.

Washington D.C.'s Union Station could soon be under the control of the federal government once again after Amtrak seized the central station last spring.

There are new results from President Donald Trump?s D.C. takeover, and they show crime dramatically down. This came as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, just days after he said Bowser had to ?get her act together.?

Two children were killed and 17 other people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. The suspect, who fired from outside through the church windows as children worshiped, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.