Columbia Heights

D.C. police were involved in two unrelated shootings in less than a two-block stretch of Georgia Avenue NW on Tuesday evening, with one leaving a man dead, authorities say. A man died after he crashed into a police cruiser, tried to take an officer’s gun and then tried to carjack a woman at knifepoint, police said. Investigators describing the...

A police officer opened fire not far from the Petworth Metro station after two armed men were seen shooting at an intersection of Georgia Avenue and Quebec Place Northwest. News4’s Jackie Bensen has the latest.

A fire ripped through a Northwest D.C. apartment overnight, trapping some residents who then had to be rescued. Thankfully, everyone made it out. News4’s Aimee Cho reports.

A man died in a fire in Northwest D.C. early Christmas Eve, officials said. News4’s Dominique Moody reports debris in a fireplace apparently started the blaze.

A man died in a fire in Northwest D.C. early on the morning of Christmas Eve, officials said.

A man died in a fire in Northwest D.C. early on the morning of Christmas Eve, officials said.

A motorcycle driver died after crashing into the side of an unmarked D.C. police cruiser in Columbia Heights early Saturday morning, police said.

The fatal crash took place just after 4 a.m., at the intersection of 14th and Columbia. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
Editor’s note (Monday, Dec. 2, 8:51 a.m.): Police initially said the man was driving a motorized bike. They later said it was a motorcycle.

After an explosion at an apartment building in Columbia Heights, the News4 I-Team found missed warnings signs residents say D.C. should have acted on.

After an explosion at an apartment building in Columbia Heights made homes uninhabitable, the News4 I-Team found missed warnings signs residents say D.C. should have acted on. Ted Oberg reports.

D.C. has a rich history in culture and politics – and also, helicopters. A newly renovated condo in Columbia Heights was once the home of the first helicopters ever to take flight. The condo at 774 Girard St. NW was the original helicopter factory in D.C. It’s where Emil Berliner developed the gramophone, the record and components that allow...

The original helicopter factory in D.C. — left abandoned for years — transforms into a modern condominium. News4’s Erika Gonzalez reports.

“We are basically homeless now. We’re homeless.” It’s been nearly two weeks since a gas explosion forced Angel Requeno from his Columbia Heights apartment, and he says many of his neighbors are worried about what’s next. “We have only had enough time to take out personal belongings, like clothing, medications,” he said The blast on September 20 left the...

Leaders from District agencies met with those displaced after a gas explosion in a Columbia Heights apartment building. News4’s Walter Morris reports. 

A D.C. woman is facing charges after workers at a Chipotle restaurant in Columbia Heights say she made violent threats. Chanae Ridian Watson, 32, entered the restaurant on 14th Street NW with her mother Monday evening, angry because her mom had slipped on uneven pavement outside the restaurant, according to police. Employees who did not want to be identified for safety...

A D.C. woman is facing charges after workers at a Chipotle restaurant in Columbia Heights say she made violent threats. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports the workers, who speak Spanish, say they were told to go back to their country.

Over 100 people are displaced after a gas leak caused an explosion in a Columbia Heights apartment building. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

More than 100 residents were displaced from a D.C. apartment building after an explosion in one of the units. News4’s Jackie Bensen spoke to a man who planned to sleep in his car Friday night.

A woman was seriously hurt in the explosion, which fire officials say was an accident. News4’s Ted Oberg spoke with residents in the building about what they saw.

A woman was seriously hurt Friday morning in an apparent natural gas explosion at an apartment building in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of D.C., fire officials say. Firefighters evacuated the four-story apartment building at 1433 Columbia Road Northwest and shut off the gas after finding the woman in serious condition, D.C. Fire and EMS said. Neighbors said the woman...