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DC police searching for prisoner who escaped after being taken to hospital – WTOP News
D.C. police are looking for an inmate who allegedly ran off after arriving at a Southeast hospital overnight.
D.C. police are looking for a prisoner who allegedly ran off after arriving at a Southeast hospital just after midnight Sunday.
Police said 27-year-old Derrick Ross-Simms was last seen outside United Medical Center, which is located in the 1300 block of Southern Avenue, Southeast.
Ross-Simms arrived at the hospital for treatment at around 12:31 a.m. on Sunday. In a news release, police said he escaped from officers and ran away.
Police put out photos of Ross-Simms, and asked anyone with information to call the department at (202) 727-9099 or text a tip to 50411.
Police didn’t specify what treatment Ross-Simms went to the hospital for.
Ross-Simms was previously arrested and charged with carrying a pistol without a license and possession of a control substance, police said.
Police have issued an arrest warrant related to the alleged escape.
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Two people shot in Southeast DC
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said a man and a woman were shot in Southeast D.C. on Saturday night.
MPD said that at about 10:30 p.m., it was dispatched to the 4600 block of MLK Avenue for a shooting.
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When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man and a woman who had been shot.
They were both conscious and breathing.
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How can it be safer to walk, bike, ride and drive in DC? Vision Zero wants to know
WASHINGTON (7News) — How should D.C. reshape the enforcement of traffic safety rules? That’s one of the questions the Vision Zero team is asking city residents.
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It’s the same question posed to the residents who attended a town hall Saturday morning in Northeast D.C.
One Ward 4 resident expressed concern about the cyclists’ activity in the District regarding running red lights.
“It’s not fair. It’s not fair at all,” Jocelynn Johnson said. “It seems that the cyclists have a free ride. They can do whatever they can – run stop signs, stoplights… They’re not captured by cameras. They’re not held accountable like motorists are, and that’s not to me seriously showing me that the powers that be in Washington D.C. are actually focusing on safe streets for everybody.”
7News spoke to one cyclist who admitted that he bends the rules from time to time.
“I will look at an intersection, and if I don’t see traffic there, I’m just going to go, you know,” Jason Haber said. “It is a gray area of the rules.”
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“We work for the public, so we want to hear from the public,” said Vision Zero Office Director Charlie Willson who led Saturday’s meeting.
He touted some achievements from the program.
“[There’s been] huge growth in our use of automated traffic enforcement, which is a known safety feature,” Willson said. “Speed management is the most important thing we can do to decrease fatalities.”
Willson also acknowledges there’s still work to be done to keep drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians safe on D.C. roads.
“This feedback is going to be reflected in our five-year strategic plan that we’re building that’s coming out early next year,” Willson said.
Johnson, although relieved to share her opinion with someone who’s listening, isn’t satisfied just yet.
“We need to make sure that the people who make the decisions, who are the lawmakers, put laws in place to level the playing field,” Johnson said.
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Metro adjusting 6 bus routes in DC, Maryland
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. and Maryland commuters, change is coming. Starting Sunday, six Metrobus routes will be operating under adjusted schedules.
Metro said that starting Sept. 8, the F6, F8, G14, R2, R12 and T14 routes will undergo service adjustments.
Officials said that these changes “will improve on-time performance, make departure times more convenient for students, and reflect a long-term detour in Langley Park associated with Purple Line construction.”
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According to Metro, the F6, G14 and R2 routes are seeing adjustments in departure times and number of buses running on school days to help decrease crowding around dismissal times.
The F8 has been affected by a detour due to Purple Line construction — Metro said that the tracking information and schedule will reflect this.
You can find a full list of changes on Metro’s website.
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