Man shot outside Columbia Heights Metro station

By Fonda Mwangi
May 27, 2021 | 8:31 AM

A man was shot outside the Columbia Heights Metro station in Northwest D.C. early Thursday morning. D.C. police responded for a report of shots fired outside the northbound 14th Street entrance to the Metro station, just after 7 a.m. on Thursday. The extent of the victim’s injuries are unclear, a spokesman with the Metropolitan Police Department told WTOP, but he is conscious and breathing.

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No arrests have been made. Law enforcement are looking for a silver and gray mustang with Maryland tags. The northbound 14th street entrance remains closed due to the ongoing investigation. The station is open for commuters entering elsewhere. This a developing story. Stay with WTOP.com for the latest.

National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
September 1, 2026 | 10:36 AM

The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.

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