DC experiences 7 days without a homicide amid Trump’s law enforcement changes.
Shot (if you’ll pardon the expression), one week ago:
Hours after President Donald Trump announced an unprecedented move to federalize the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), a man was shot and killed Monday evening in a popular Washington, D.C., neighborhood, marking the 100th homicide in the District so far this year.
According to the MPD, officers from the Third District responded at approximately 6:56 p.m. on Aug. 11 to reports of gunfire in the 1200 block of 12th Street NW in Logan Circle. .
The killing marked the 100th homicide in Washington, D.C., this year and the first since the Trump administration took control of the MPD, according to homicide statistics.
Chaser:
???? DC WINNING!
Washington D.C. just had 7 straight days with ZERO homicides for the first time in forever!
– Carjackings? Plummeted by 83%!
– Robberies? Sliced by 46%!
– Car thefts? Down 21%!
– Overall violent crime? Down by 22%!
pic.twitter.com/k5pL5ABgur— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 21, 2025
Gee . what might have changed?
Just how unusual would this interregnum be? DC had averaged about 3.5 homicides a week so far this year, with 31 weeks this year before Donald Trump federalized law enforcement in the capital. That actually looked better than last year’s count, which was at 115 homicides by this time in 2024. According to MPDC statistics, crime had actually declined by double-digit percentages in most categories this year, but then again, MPDC has cooked those numbers for the last few years, too. The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into this alleged fraud based on a whistleblower’s lawsuit recently settled by the MPDC.
Even with the cooked numbers, however, DC suffered a horrendous crime rate that far outstripped that of any state — even the worst of states in terms of criminal activity.
