Man killed by stray bullet while inside his Northwest DC apartment

By Juan Herrera
May 25, 2025 | 10:35 PM

A man was killed on Sunday after a stray bullet went flying into his Northwest D.C. apartment, police said.

It happened around 6 p.m. on Ogden Place in the Columbia Heights area.

D.C. police said the stray bullet came from the back of the apartment building, noting that they do not believe the man was the intended target.

Executive Assistant Chief Andre Wright told reporters that the department “intends to get to the bottom of this.”

“This is tragic. There’s no doubt about it,” Wright said. “Everyone deserves to feel safe, not just in community but in their residence.”

Police are still searching for a suspect, and are offering a $25,000 reward for information that assists in the case.

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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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