Man shot, killed by DC police after alleged knife attack, carjacking attempt

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DC police identify man fatally shot by officers after crashing into cruiser, swinging knife

Crime scene tape and police cruisers are seen at the scene of one of two officer-involved shootings off Georgia Avenue in Northwest D.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (WTOP/Scott Gelman) Crime scene tape and police cruisers are seen at the scene of one of two officer-involved shootings off Georgia Avenue in Northwest D.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (WTOP/Scott Gelman) The man who was fatally shot by police on Georgia Avenue in D.C. Tuesday night h…

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One dead after two unrelated police-involved shootings in Northwest DC

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.

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Man shot, killed by DC police after alleged knife attack, carjacking attempt

A man was shot and killed by D.C. police Tuesday evening after he crashed into a police cruiser, threatened an officer with a knife, and attempted to carjack a woman, authorities said.

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A man was shot dead during an altercation with the DC police in the Petworth neighborhood on Tuesday night. Around 6:10 p.m. on Tuesday, a man driving south on a Georgia NW Avenue already blocked crashed into a police patrol car in the opposite lane before getting off, waving a knife through the open window and pointing at the officer inside. The suspect demanded the officer the gun while he was still wielding the knife. At a press conference on…