Teen killed Friday night in Southeast DC

By Dan Friedell
November 19, 2023 | 6:21 PM

Police in the District are looking into a shooting that took place in Southeast Friday night that left an 18-year-old man dead.

In a news release, police say around 10:15 p.m. Friday night, they received report of a shooting in the 4000 block of Wahler Court. While on the way to the scene, officers received word “that a man suffering from gunshot wounds was taken to a hospital by car.”

According to police, after life saving efforts, a victim identified as 18-year-old Shane Williams of Southeast died of his injuries.

D.C. police ask anyone with information on this incident to contact the department at 202-727-9099, or send an anonymous tip to 50411.

Approximate area of Friday night’s shooting in Southeast.

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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