Eden Villalovas is a breaking news reporter. Eden graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in May 2022, where she served as the managing editor of the Bold.
Local officials in Washington, D.C., and members of Congress have recently clashed over finding solutions to curb crime as the city is on pace to have its deadliest year in two decades.
The emergency measure expands pretrial detention for adults and youth who are charged with crimes such as violent offenses, homicide, assault, sexual abuse, and carjackings. The bill did not include a provision from Bowser’s legislation that would have made it easier for judges to detain juveniles for almost any dangerous or violent crime, even if they were not armed.
Another emergency provision establishes a new gun crime — making firing a gun in public a felony offense with a punishment of up to two years behind bars. The bill to make discharging a gun a felony comes as gun seizures are soaring compared to last year as the Metropolitan Police Department works to recover illegal firearms. Shootings in the city are up 20% and the number of homicides has risen 28% since 2022, police said during a conference at the end of September.
“Strangulation is a key predictor of future domestic violence turning deadly; establishing a stand-alone felony offense of strangulation will make it easier for the District to hold individuals who engage in this conduct accountable,” the proposed resolution from July reads.
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