Woman shot to death inside hotel on New Year’s Day

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the early hours of New Year’s Day, a young woman from Maryland was fatally shot at a hotel in Washington, D.C., marking the city’s first recorded homicide of 2024. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) identified the victim as Ashalei Hinds, an 18-year-old from Clinton, Maryland. Hinds was attending a party at the Embassy Suites Hotel on Military Road NW. According to a law enforcement source, around ten people were present when …

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New Year sees two dead, one wounded in three road accidents in Colorado

Thornton, Aurora and Fort Collins Police are currently investigating three different incidents that happened in their respective jurisdictions during the New Year. On January 1, a woman was killed in a car crash on Interstate 25 in Thornton. The victim’s identity has not been released. Police reports stated that the incident happened at 12:33 a.m. between 144th Avenue and Highway 7 near the interchange with Colorado E-470 and the Northwest Parkway. The woman was hit …

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Two separate shootings in Tuscaloosa kill two on New Year’s Eve

The Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit is investigating two separate murders that occurred over the New Year weekend. The first shooting took place on Saturday night in the 700 block of 33rd Street East at Hodo Haven apartments, where a 16-year-old juvenile was found dead. A juvenile suspect was located and charged with one count of murder. The second shooting occurred on Sunday morning at the Brookhaven Apartments, where a 26-year-old man was found shot to …

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