John Woodrow CoxJohn Woodrow Cox is an enterprise reporter at The Washington Post. He is the author of Children Under Fire: An American Crisis and was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in feature writing.https://www.washingtonpost.comFri, 06 Sep 2024 11:45:22 +00001hourly1In historic case, father of 14-year-old school shooting suspect charged with murderhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/09/05/colin-gray-arrested-father-georgia-school-shooting-suspect/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/09/05/colin-gray-arrested-father-georgia-school-shooting-suspect/John Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich, Sarah BlaskeyFri, 06 Sep 2024 03:48:30 +0000Colin Gray, the father of the suspected Apalachee High School shooter, was charged with involuntary manslaughter, second-degree murder and cruelty to children. Accused Georgia 14-year-old would be youngest mass school shooter since 1998https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Steven RichThu, 05 Sep 2024 17:52:20 +0000The alleged Apalachee High shooter’s youth, and his apparent ability to obtain an AR-15-style weapon, will likely amplify national debate over gun violence. Accused Georgia 14-year-old would be youngest mass school shooter since 1998 https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Steven RichThu, 05 Sep 2024 17:37:01 +0000Guns are seized in U.S. schools each day. The numbers are soaring. https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comRobert Klemko, John Woodrow Cox, Lizzie Johnson, Steven RichThu, 05 Sep 2024 16:52:06 +0000Accused Georgia 14-year-old would be youngest mass school shooter since 1998https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/09/05/georgia-shooting-suspect-youngest-mass-school-shooter/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/09/05/georgia-shooting-suspect-youngest-mass-school-shooter/John Woodrow Cox, Steven RichThu, 05 Sep 2024 16:46:24 +0000The alleged Apalachee High shooter’s youth, and his apparent ability to obtain an AR-15-style weapon, will likely amplify national debate over gun violence. More than 382,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since Columbine https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich, Lucas Trevor, John Muyskens, Monica UlmanuThu, 05 Sep 2024 14:40:22 +000014-year-old shooting suspect would be youngest to kill more than 1 on K-12 campushttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Steven RichThu, 05 Sep 2024 13:16:02 +0000There have been 24 school shootings this yearhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comSteven Rich, John Woodrow CoxThu, 05 Sep 2024 04:05:33 +000014-year-old shooting suspect would be youngest to kill more than 1 on K-12 campushttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Steven RichWed, 04 Sep 2024 20:49:01 +0000Apalachee High is first deadly school shooting in Ga. since at least 1999 https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Steven RichWed, 04 Sep 2024 20:04:54 +0000More than 383,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since Columbine https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich, Lucas Trevor, John Muyskens, Monica UlmanuWed, 04 Sep 2024 18:18:25 +0000A 20-year-old’s perplexing place in the catalogue of American gunmen https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Steven RichSun, 21 Jul 2024 18:10:01 +0000Thomas Matthew Crooks, who used a gun purchased by his father after the Sandy Hook massacre, evokes the profile of a mass shooter. Instead he fired at a former president.A 20-year-old’s perplexing place in the catalogue of American gunmen https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/07/21/thomas-crooks-adam-lanza-shooters-assassins/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/07/21/thomas-crooks-adam-lanza-shooters-assassins/John Woodrow Cox, Steven RichSun, 21 Jul 2024 11:00:05 +0000Thomas Matthew Crooks, who used a gun purchased by his father after the Sandy Hook massacre, evokes the profile of a mass shooter. Instead he fired at a former president.Guilty: Inside the high-risk, historic prosecution of a school shooter’s parentshttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxMon, 08 Jul 2024 16:54:48 +0000A Post reporter embedded with Michigan prosecutors for two years as they pursued homicide charges against Jennifer and James Crumbley, whose son killed four students at Oxford High School.Guilty: Inside the high-risk, historic prosecution of a school shooter’s parentshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/michigan-prosecutors-crumbley-parents-oxford-school-shooting/https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2024/michigan-prosecutors-crumbley-parents-oxford-school-shooting/John Woodrow CoxMon, 08 Jul 2024 10:00:00 +0000A Post reporter embedded with Michigan prosecutors for two years as they pursued homicide charges against Jennifer and James Crumbley, whose son killed four students at Oxford High School.The number of students who have experienced gun violence at school since Columbinehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/school-shootings-database/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/interactive/school-shootings-database/John Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich, Lucas Trevor, John Muyskens, Monica UlmanuSat, 29 Jun 2024 04:12:31 +0000The Washington Post for years has tracked the number of students affected by school shootings. Since 1999, over 300,000 children have experienced gun violence during school hours.How this story was reportedhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comWashington Post staff, John Woodrow CoxMon, 10 Jun 2024 20:23:23 +0000Guilty: Inside the high-stakes prosecution of a school shooter’s parentsGuns are seized in U.S. schools each day. The numbers are soaring. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/10/10/guns-schools-us-increased-prevention-violence/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/10/10/guns-schools-us-increased-prevention-violence/Robert Klemko, John Woodrow Cox, Lizzie Johnson, Steven RichTue, 10 Oct 2023 15:04:53 +0000The number of guns found in schools -- hidden in backpacks, waistbands and lockers -- has spiked in recent years, impacting hundreds of thousands of students.Biden to create new office of gun violence preventionhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/19/biden-creates-gun-violence-prevention-office/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/19/biden-creates-gun-violence-prevention-office/Tyler Pager, John Woodrow CoxTue, 19 Sep 2023 22:09:48 +0000The move, long been pushed by gun control groups, comes amid stalled progress on gun-safety legislationAre there warning signs? What we learned from covering school shootings.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/05/03/questions-answers-gun-violence-us/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/05/03/questions-answers-gun-violence-us/John Woodrow Cox, Steven RichWed, 03 May 2023 18:00:37 +0000Washington Post journalists John Woodrow Cox and Steven Rich chatted with readers about gun violence on WednesdayA school shooting left a 7-year-old terrified to go back. At 13, she found a way.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2023/townville-school-shooting-survivor-ava-olsen/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2023/townville-school-shooting-survivor-ava-olsen/John Woodrow CoxMon, 01 May 2023 10:00:22 +0000Ava Olsen was too traumatized to step inside a classroom for six years. Would her seventh-grade return be derailed by news of another elementary school shooting?More than 348,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since Columbine https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich, Linda Chong, John Muyskens, Monica UlmanuMon, 27 Mar 2023 23:22:15 +0000She survived a high school shooting. At Michigan State, it happened again.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxWed, 15 Feb 2023 02:10:34 +0000She survived a high school shooting. At Michigan State, it happened again.https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/14/oxford-high-michigan-state-shooting-survivor/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/14/oxford-high-michigan-state-shooting-survivor/John Woodrow CoxWed, 15 Feb 2023 01:40:09 +0000Emma Riddle was a senior at Oxford High School in 2021 when four of her classmates were killed. On Monday night, the Michigan State freshman texted her father, "I'm so scared," during another mass shooting. After Parkland: What we’ve learned tracking school shootings for 5 yearshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/14/school-shootings-parkland-5th-anniversary/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/14/school-shootings-parkland-5th-anniversary/John Woodrow Cox, Steven RichTue, 14 Feb 2023 11:00:07 +0000The total number of children exposed to gun violence at school has exploded, rising from 187,000 in 2018 to 338,000 now, a Washington Post analysis shows.Gun owners favor requiring parents to lock up weapons. It’s lawmakers who don’t.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/21/gun-owners-lock-up-weapons-laws/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/21/gun-owners-lock-up-weapons-laws/John Woodrow Cox, Steven RichThu, 26 Jan 2023 12:00:54 +0000After a 6-year-old shot a teacher in Virginia, there will be another push for safe gun storage laws around the country. Most are likely to fail.A 6-year-old is accused of shooting someone at school. He isn’t the first.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/11/elementary-students-guns-fired-school/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/11/elementary-students-guns-fired-school/John Woodrow Cox, Steve Hendrix, Steven RichWed, 11 Jan 2023 12:00:06 +0000The boy who allegedly shot a teacher in Newport News, Va., is not the only young child to wreak havoc at elementary school with a loaded gunMoms Demand Action founder Shannon Watts, who took on the NRA, to retire from group she createdhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/09/shannon-watts-retire-moms-demand-action/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/01/09/shannon-watts-retire-moms-demand-action/John Woodrow CoxMon, 09 Jan 2023 19:00:00 +0000Watts, who launched Moms Demand a decade ago after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, ignored death threats as she built the organization into a political juggernaut.Before and after Sandy Hook: 40 years of elementary school shooting survivorshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/12/11/elementary-school-shootings-sandy-hook-uvalde/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/12/11/elementary-school-shootings-sandy-hook-uvalde/John Woodrow CoxSun, 11 Dec 2022 11:00:13 +0000On the 10th anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre, four survivors of elementary school shootings, ages 52 to 10, talk about what it’s done to them.‘We aren’t numb; we’re traumatized’: Another mass shooting rocks U.S.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/23/mass-killings-us-chesapeake-virginia/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/23/mass-killings-us-chesapeake-virginia/John Woodrow CoxThu, 24 Nov 2022 00:58:48 +0000America is enduring a stretch of gun violence that spiked at the start of the pandemic and has yet to subside. Accused U-Va. gunman was scrutinized by threat assessment team for weaponhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/14/christopher-darnell-jones-uva-gunman/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/14/christopher-darnell-jones-uva-gunman/Nick Anderson, William Wan, Laura Vozzella, John Woodrow CoxWed, 16 Nov 2022 16:53:50 +0000Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 22, is suspected of killing three and injuring two others at the University of Virginia.Suspected gunman was scrutinized by threat assessment team for weapon, police say https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Ian Shapira, William WanMon, 14 Nov 2022 20:32:10 +0000An American Girlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/24/uvalde-survivor-caitlyne-gonzales-victims/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/24/uvalde-survivor-caitlyne-gonzales-victims/John Woodrow CoxMon, 24 Oct 2022 11:00:11 +0000At 10, Caitlyne Gonzales survived Uvalde’s school shooting. Then she became a voice for her slain Robb Elementary friends.Hundreds of kids witness parents shot to death. This is what it does to them.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2022/kids-witness-parents-shot-killed/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2022/kids-witness-parents-shot-killed/John Woodrow CoxWed, 17 Aug 2022 12:00:53 +0000In Chicago, 2,400 children lost parents to gun violence over five years, a Washington Post analysis found. Some saw them killed.For survivors at March for Our Lives, hope, doubt and a gun scarehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/12/survivors-parkland-oxford-march-for-our-lives/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/06/12/survivors-parkland-oxford-march-for-our-lives/John Woodrow CoxSun, 12 Jun 2022 17:00:05 +0000Sam Fuentes is a March for Our Lives veteran. Zoe Touray is a movement newcomer. Will this time be different?‘What can Biden do?’ Your gun violence questions, answered.https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/26/gun-control-debate/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/26/gun-control-debate/Amber Phillips, Steven Rich, John Woodrow Cox, Seung Min KimTue, 31 May 2022 17:00:05 +0000Post reporters John Woodrow Cox, Steven Rich, Seung Min Kim and Amber Phillips answered reader questions on gun control legislation, gun-control violence, and On its 100th birthday, the Lincoln Memorial still beckons a nation dividedhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/lincoln-memorial-100th-anniversary/https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/interactive/2022/lincoln-memorial-100th-anniversary/Lizzie Johnson, William Wan, Gillian Brockell, Peter Jamison, Sydney Trent, Ian Shapira, Jessica Contrera, John Woodrow CoxSun, 29 May 2022 10:55:33 +0000One ordinary, epic day at Washington’s most visited monumentWhat school shootings do to the kids who survive them, from Sandy Hook to Uvaldehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/28/survivors-school-shootings-uvalde-sandy-hook/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/28/survivors-school-shootings-uvalde-sandy-hook/John Woodrow CoxSat, 28 May 2022 11:00:36 +0000Children who have lived through school shootings share how the horror of what they saw or heard or lost still haunts themSecurity experts question length of time to neutralize Uvalde shooterhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxThu, 26 May 2022 13:59:14 +0000Anger, anguish among Parkland and Newtown families after Texas shooting https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxWed, 25 May 2022 14:55:42 +0000Anger, anguish among Parkland and Newtown families after Texas shooting https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/25/parkland-newtown-uvalde-school-shooting/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/25/parkland-newtown-uvalde-school-shooting/John Woodrow CoxWed, 25 May 2022 10:28:29 +0000Their children died in the Parkland and Newtown shootings. Tuesday’s massacre in Texas filled them with nausea, anguish and rage.Deadliest school shooting since Marjory Stoneman Douglas rampagehttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Steven RichTue, 24 May 2022 22:48:05 +0000Orphaned by gun violence: Two kids, two shootings, two parents gonehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2022/parents-killed-gun-violence-america/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2022/parents-killed-gun-violence-america/John Woodrow Cox, Joshua LottThu, 07 Apr 2022 12:00:41 +0000Every day in America, more than 40 children lose a parent to shootings, new Post data reveals. Kaleigh and Kavon Washington lost both. Virginia joins other states in banning Russian alcohol from state-owned retailershttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxSun, 27 Feb 2022 21:17:28 +0000Here’s how Americans can donate to help people in Ukraine https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxSun, 27 Feb 2022 21:14:47 +0000Virginia joins other states in banning Russian alcohol from state-owned retailershttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/27/va-russia-ukraine-liquor-ban/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/27/va-russia-ukraine-liquor-ban/John Woodrow CoxSun, 27 Feb 2022 20:48:42 +0000In response to the war in Ukraine, Virginia has joined states across the country in banning Russian-made liquor from state-owned ABC stores — the sole retailer of distilled spirits in the commonwealth.Capitol fencing reinstalled ahead of State of the Union, possible ‘Freedom Convoy’ spinoffshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/27/capitol-fence-state-union-freedom-convoy/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/27/capitol-fence-state-union-freedom-convoy/Ellie Silverman, John Woodrow CoxSun, 27 Feb 2022 17:45:26 +0000The decision to put up the fence again was made “out of abundance of caution,” according to the Capitol Police, who have long been preparing for the possible arrival of trucks inspired by the “Freedom Convoy” that occupied downtown Ottawa for more than three weeks to protest vaccine mandates.Northern Virginia man killed after running red light, striking vanhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/26/northern-virginia-man-killed-after-running-red-light-striking-van/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/26/northern-virginia-man-killed-after-running-red-light-striking-van/John Woodrow CoxSat, 26 Feb 2022 23:36:20 +0000A Stafford man died Friday after running a red light in Manassas and crashing into a van, police say.Four years after Parkland school massacre, parents of victims protest and mournhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/14/parkland-father-protest-dc/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/14/parkland-father-protest-dc/Ellie Silverman, John Woodrow Cox, Peter Hermann, Justin Wm. MoyerTue, 15 Feb 2022 01:00:59 +0000It has been four years since their children were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.In America, a child is shot every hour, and hundreds die. Here are 13 young lives lost in 2021.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2022/kids-shot-killed-2021-gun-violence-record/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2022/kids-shot-killed-2021-gun-violence-record/John Woodrow Cox, Emily Davies, Lizzie Johnson, Reis ThebaultWed, 12 Jan 2022 13:00:20 +0000The country’s gun violence epidemic is killing more children than ever. Who they were matters just as much as how they died.‘Please help me’: Kids with guns fueled a record number of school shootings in 2021https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/31/2021-school-shootings-record/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/31/2021-school-shootings-record/John Woodrow Cox, Steven RichFri, 31 Dec 2021 11:30:42 +0000Bennie Hargrove was 13 when he was shot at his New Mexico middle school on the third day of 8th grade. His alleged killer was 13, too, part of a disturbing surge in school shootings in 2021.Many parents of school shooters ignore glaring warning signs. This grandmother didn’t.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/09/parents-school-shooters-charges-crumbleys/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/09/parents-school-shooters-charges-crumbleys/John Woodrow Cox, Mark Berman, Steven RichThu, 09 Dec 2021 23:30:41 +0000When Catherine O’Connor discovered her grandson was planning an attack, she did what few parents or guardians do: reported a child she loved to policeFugitive parents of Mich. school-shooting suspect in custody after brief hunthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/03/oxford-high-school-shooting-suspect-parents-charged/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/12/03/oxford-high-school-shooting-suspect-parents-charged/Karin Brulliard, Kim Bellware, Meryl Kornfield, María Luisa Paúl, John Woodrow Cox, Paulina FiroziSat, 04 Dec 2021 07:45:34 +0000Jennifer and James Crumbley, who were briefly fugitives sought by local and federal law enforcement, were arrested after their car was spotted in a residential neighborhood in Detroit.More states consider laws to punish parents if children fire unsecured gunshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/safe-storage-gun-laws-ethan-crumbley-parents/2021/12/03/3f938ea0-5394-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/safe-storage-gun-laws-ethan-crumbley-parents/2021/12/03/3f938ea0-5394-11ec-8927-c396fa861a71_story.htmlKimberly Kindy, John Woodrow CoxFri, 03 Dec 2021 21:24:07 +0000Thirty states and D.C. have passed similar laws, but thus far a parent has never been charged under them in a school shooting.Michigan school shooting prosecutor suggests she will charge parentshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/national/oxford-school-shooting-suspect-parents/2021/12/01/9bc30a2c-52e3-11ec-8ad5-b5c50c1fb4d9_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/national/oxford-school-shooting-suspect-parents/2021/12/01/9bc30a2c-52e3-11ec-8ad5-b5c50c1fb4d9_story.htmlGriff Witte, John Woodrow Cox, Mark BermanThu, 02 Dec 2021 01:05:06 +0000The decision would be unusual. But gun safety advocates say it’s necessary to combat school shootings.Spencer, Kessler, Cantwell and other white supremacists found liable in deadly Unite the Right rally https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/11/23/charlottesville-verdict-live-updates/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/11/23/charlottesville-verdict-live-updates/Ellie Silverman, Ian Shapira, Tom Jackman, John Woodrow CoxWed, 24 Nov 2021 01:32:31 +0000The federal jury in Charlottesville awarded a total of $26 million in damages against the 12 individual defendants and five white nationalist organizations on trial.D.C. should consider excluding gun offenders from the Youth Act leniency, police chief sayshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/10/16/dc-youth-act-gun-violence/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/10/16/dc-youth-act-gun-violence/John Woodrow CoxSat, 16 Oct 2021 11:00:54 +0000His concerns about the law were echoed by Mayor Muriel Bowser and others after The Washington Post revealed that 51 percent of those sentenced under the act between 2019 and 2020 had committed a crime with a gun.Two kids, a loaded gun and the man who left a 4-year-old to die https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2021/dc-kids-shooting-victims-guns/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/interactive/2021/dc-kids-shooting-victims-guns/John Woodrow CoxMon, 27 Sep 2021 12:00:25 +0000The children will never recover from what happened inside a D.C. apartment. The owner of the illegal gun faces far less serious consequences.Two wounded in shooting at Heritage High School in Newport News, police sayhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/newport-news-school-shooting/2021/09/20/d3121ac4-1a2e-11ec-a99a-5fea2b2da34b_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/newport-news-school-shooting/2021/09/20/d3121ac4-1a2e-11ec-a99a-5fea2b2da34b_story.htmlRachel Weiner, Hannah Natanson, John Woodrow Cox, Jim MorrisonMon, 20 Sep 2021 20:52:00 +0000Police said a male juvenile was later taken into custody.‘SUPER FUN’: A gun covered in Legos to look like a toy sets off a furor https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/13/lego-gun-glock-controversy/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/13/lego-gun-glock-controversy/John Woodrow CoxTue, 13 Jul 2021 12:00:22 +0000Culper Precision’s custom design for a Glock handgun arrived at a time when gun violence is soaring and little is being done to keep lethal weapons out of the hands of children, who are often killed in accidental shootings.On July 4th, thousands in D.C. celebrate a nearly normal Independence Day https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/04/dc-july-4th-fireworks-pandemic/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/04/dc-july-4th-fireworks-pandemic/Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Karina Elwood, Nicole Asbury, Brittany Mayes, Jasmine Hilton, Stephanie Lai, John Woodrow CoxMon, 05 Jul 2021 01:40:56 +0000With the pandemic finally easing, visitors eager for picnics, parades and fireworks flocked to a city mostly recovered from lockdowns, protests and an insurrection.As school shootings surge, a sixth-grader tucks his dad’s gun in his backpackhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/06/24/school-shootings-2021-increase/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/06/24/school-shootings-2021-increase/John Woodrow Cox, Steven RichThu, 24 Jun 2021 11:00:33 +0000The pandemic waned, classrooms reopened and gun violence soared at the nation’s primary and secondary schools.In D.C., the guilty verdict in Chauvin trial is met with cheers, tears and reliefhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/20/dc-blm-chauvin-verdict-reaction/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/20/dc-blm-chauvin-verdict-reaction/Marissa Lang, Katie Mettler, Emily Davies, Rachel Chason, John Woodrow CoxWed, 21 Apr 2021 01:18:14 +0000George Floyd died 1,100 miles from D.C., but his gruesome execution beneath the knee of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin had loomed over the city for nearly a year. At Black Lives Matter Plaza, the guilty verdicts were greeted with deep relief.In D.C. the guilty verdict in Chauvin trial is met with cheers, tears and reliefhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Marissa Lang, Katie Mettler, Emily Davies, Rachel ChasonTue, 20 Apr 2021 23:19:12 +0000Caron Nazario saw Eric Garner, who he called ‘uncle,’ die in police hands. Then officers pepper-sprayed him six years later.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/14/caron-nazario-eric-garner/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/04/14/caron-nazario-eric-garner/John Woodrow Cox, Michael RosenwaldThu, 15 Apr 2021 00:14:38 +0000Nazario, an Army officer who was pulled over in uniform and pepper-sprayed in Windsor, Va., mourned Garner, who died after being placed in a chokehold by New York police officers in 2014.He said he was going to watch cartoons. Instead, he opened his dad’s gun safe. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/03/29/children-under-fire-excerpt/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/03/29/children-under-fire-excerpt/John Woodrow CoxMon, 29 Mar 2021 11:00:53 +0000Every day in America, kids get their hands on lethal weapons, with disastrous consequencesAt the Capitol, a March 4 threat from militant Trump supporters proves a miragehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/03/04/capitol-threat-qanon-march-4/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/03/04/capitol-threat-qanon-march-4/Katie Mettler, Emily Davies, Meagan Flynn, Marissa Lang, John Woodrow CoxThu, 04 Mar 2021 21:45:40 +0000National Guard members armed with M4 rifles braced for rebellion that never came.At the Capitol, a March 4 threat from militant Trump supporters proves a miragehttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comKatie Mettler, Emily Davies, John Woodrow CoxThu, 04 Mar 2021 17:54:41 +0000Man, 50, found stabbed to death in Northeast D.C.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/man-50-found-stabbed-to-death-in-northeast-dc/2021/02/14/43ab1c1e-6f16-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/man-50-found-stabbed-to-death-in-northeast-dc/2021/02/14/43ab1c1e-6f16-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.htmlJohn Woodrow CoxSun, 14 Feb 2021 23:05:16 +0000Dennis Hall showed no signs of life when police found him early Thursday.Ice storm knocks out power, sends cars skidding on D.C. area roadshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ice-storm-dc-virginia-maryland/2021/02/13/62d9f1f2-6e24-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/ice-storm-dc-virginia-maryland/2021/02/13/62d9f1f2-6e24-11eb-ba56-d7e2c8defa31_story.htmlJohn Woodrow Cox, Jason SamenowSun, 14 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000The National Weather Service issued an ice storm warning until Sunday morning for D.C. and its suburbs — the first in the area since 2008.A locked-down capital celebrates Biden’s inauguration and Trump’s departure https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comRachel Chason, Jessica Contrera, Emily Davies, John Woodrow CoxThu, 21 Jan 2021 14:45:48 +0000A locked-down capital celebrates Biden’s inauguration and Trump’s departurehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-celebrates-biden-harris-inauguration/2021/01/20/91ca444c-5aad-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-celebrates-biden-harris-inauguration/2021/01/20/91ca444c-5aad-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.htmlRachel Chason, Jessica Contrera, Emily Davies, John Woodrow CoxWed, 20 Jan 2021 23:23:00 +0000Two weeks after an attack on the Capitol, D.C. greeted the new president and his barrier-breaking vice president with joy.Son of small-town police chief said he was part of Capitol riothttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Hannah Natanson, Julie TateSat, 16 Jan 2021 20:11:28 +0000A small town seethes after learning one of its own says he joined Capitol’s mobhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/16/aberdeen-police-chief-son-capitol-mob/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/16/aberdeen-police-chief-son-capitol-mob/John Woodrow Cox, Hannah Natanson, Julie TateSat, 16 Jan 2021 03:00:49 +0000In Aberdeen, Md., the police chief’s son declared he had 'stormed the Capitol,' prompting the same kind of reckoning underway in communities across the country. There was fear, fury, lies, conspiracy theories and, before long, a threat of more violence.‘The storm is here’: Ashli Babbitt’s journey from capital ‘guardian’ to invaderhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/09/ashli-babbitt-capitol-shooting-trump-qanon/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/09/ashli-babbitt-capitol-shooting-trump-qanon/Peter Jamison, Hannah Natanson, John Woodrow Cox, Alex HortonSun, 10 Jan 2021 12:25:00 +0000The 35-year-old veteran once supported Barack Obama, she said on Twitter. But that was before she became a devoted follower of Donald Trump and QAnon.Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol, with one woman killed and tear gas firedhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trump-supporters-storm-capitol-dc/2021/01/06/58afc0b8-504b-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trump-supporters-storm-capitol-dc/2021/01/06/58afc0b8-504b-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.htmlRebecca Tan, Peter Jamison, Carol D. Leonnig, Meagan Flynn, John Woodrow CoxThu, 07 Jan 2021 05:30:00 +0000The chaotic, violent scene was like no other in modern American history.Could Beyoncé do for the coronavirus vaccine what Elvis did for polio?https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/12/19/elvis-polio-vaccine-beyonce-coronavirus/https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/12/19/elvis-polio-vaccine-beyonce-coronavirus/John Woodrow CoxSun, 27 Dec 2020 23:15:03 +0000In 1956, the singing sensation got publicly immunized against polio to encourage reluctant teens to do the same.She saved her 7-year-old brother’s life. Then the virus threatened to take it.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxMon, 07 Dec 2020 22:14:14 +0000She saved her 7-year-old brother’s life. Then the virus threatened to take it.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/12/07/child-dies-covid-19-bone-marrow-transplant/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/12/07/child-dies-covid-19-bone-marrow-transplant/John Woodrow CoxMon, 07 Dec 2020 14:14:45 +0000Reign Howard didn’t understand what a bone marrow transplant was. But at the start of the pandemic, her brother desperately needed one.After thousands of Trump supporters rally in D.C., violence erupts when night fallshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/11/14/million-maga-march-dc-protests/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/11/14/million-maga-march-dc-protests/Marissa Lang, Michael E. Miller, Peter Jamison, Justin Wm. Moyer, Clarence Williams, Peter Hermann, Fredrick Kunkle, John Woodrow CoxSun, 15 Nov 2020 05:30:43 +0000The clashes between Trump supporters and counterprotesters turn violent, leaving one man stabbed and others pepper sprayedOnly one of their kids survived Sandy Hook. Now school posed a new threat: covid-19.https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/10/07/sandy-hook-survivors-covid-19-school/https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/10/07/sandy-hook-survivors-covid-19-school/John Woodrow CoxWed, 07 Oct 2020 13:05:43 +0000After losing their 6-year-old daughter in a mass shooting, can Isaiah Marquez-Greene’s parents bear to let him return to high school during a pandemic?‘I knew I would be here today’: Thousands demand racial justice at March on Washingtonhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/get-your-knee-off-my-neck-march-on-washington-dc/2020/08/28/bef2f164-e936-11ea-970a-64c73a1c2392_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/get-your-knee-off-my-neck-march-on-washington-dc/2020/08/28/bef2f164-e936-11ea-970a-64c73a1c2392_story.htmlJessica Contrera, Justin George, Peter Jamison, John Woodrow CoxFri, 28 Aug 2020 22:25:00 +0000The deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, as well as the shooting of Jacob Blake, drew crowds 57 years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech.‘I knew I would be here today’: Thousands demand racial justice at March on Washington https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comEmily Davies, Lola Fadulu, John Woodrow CoxFri, 28 Aug 2020 15:37:30 +0000Silver Spring man killed in single-car crashhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/silver-spring-man-killed-in-single-car-crash/2020/08/15/2bcc48c4-df20-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/silver-spring-man-killed-in-single-car-crash/2020/08/15/2bcc48c4-df20-11ea-809e-b8be57ba616e_story.htmlJohn Woodrow CoxSat, 15 Aug 2020 18:34:25 +0000Two passengers in the early-morning crash in Gaithersburg received serious injuries.They depended on their parents for everything. Then the virus took both.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxMon, 20 Jul 2020 21:45:40 +0000They depended on their parents for everything. Then the virus took both.https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/07/20/coronavirus-kids-lose-parents/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/07/20/coronavirus-kids-lose-parents/John Woodrow Cox, Junne Alcantara, Salwan GeorgesMon, 20 Jul 2020 12:29:09 +0000Now the Ismael kids — 13, 18, and 20 — are struggling to cope with grief, but also with how to keep a car running, pay bills, be a familyAnger, defiance and desperate hope: Behind the scenes of the D.C. protestshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/06/08/scenes-dc-protests/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/06/08/scenes-dc-protests/Rachel Weiner, Jessica Contrera, Kyle Swenson, Rachel Chason, John Woodrow Cox, Hannah Natanson, Rebecca Tan, Clarence Williams, Fredrick Kunkle, Antonio Olivo, Michael E. Miller, Samantha Schmidt, Michelle Boorstein, Peter Jamison, Perry Stein, Marissa LangMon, 08 Jun 2020 12:00:24 +0000For more than a week, thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Washington, D.C. Here are stories from the demonstrations.Protesters throng D.C., vowing to be heard after George Floyd’s deathhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-gather-for-massive-day-of-rallies-in-dc/2020/06/06/92cd6838-a6cb-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protesters-gather-for-massive-day-of-rallies-in-dc/2020/06/06/92cd6838-a6cb-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.htmlSamantha Schmidt, Jessica Contrera, Rebecca Tan, Hannah Natanson, John Woodrow CoxSun, 07 Jun 2020 11:40:00 +0000More than 10,000 march to call out racism and police brutality‘I’m black before I’m anything else’: A police officer’s passionate exchange with protestershttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxThu, 04 Jun 2020 18:06:27 +0000‘I’m black before I’m anything else’: A police officer’s passionate exchange with protesters https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxThu, 04 Jun 2020 16:59:55 +0000‘I’m black before I’m anything else’: A police officer’s passionate exchange with protestershttps://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/06/04/dc-protests-black-police-officer-george-floyd/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2020/06/04/dc-protests-black-police-officer-george-floyd/John Woodrow CoxThu, 04 Jun 2020 16:49:43 +0000When protesters at the U.S. Capitol confronted a black officer about his choice to wear a badge, he answered.As curfew descends, songs, solidarity and a little fear of antifahttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comClarence Williams, Rachel Chason, John Woodrow Cox, Jessica Contrera, Rebecca Tan, Erin CoxThu, 04 Jun 2020 03:37:18 +0000A protester demanded to know why a black officer wore a badge. He replied passionately and powerfully.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxThu, 04 Jun 2020 02:09:15 +0000At U.S. Capitol, waves of crowds arrive and dispersehttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Perry Stein, Erin CoxThu, 04 Jun 2020 01:09:03 +0000Night of destruction across D.C. after protesters clash with police outside White Househttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-braces-for-third-day-of-protests-and-clashes-over-death-of-george-floyd/2020/05/31/589471a4-a33b-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-braces-for-third-day-of-protests-and-clashes-over-death-of-george-floyd/2020/05/31/589471a4-a33b-11ea-b473-04905b1af82b_story.htmlRebecca Tan, Marissa Lang, Antonio Olivo, Rachel Chason, John Woodrow CoxMon, 01 Jun 2020 14:15:00 +0000Rioters and looters smash windows, set fires and ransack stores from Shaw to TenleytownBent knees, raised fists and pleas for peace near the White Househttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comGregory S. Schneider, Petula Dvorak, Justin Wm. Moyer, Samantha Schmidt, John Woodrow CoxSun, 31 May 2020 22:04:41 +0000As D.C. and Northern Virginia reopen, signs of normalcy are scarcehttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow Cox, Peter Jamison, Perry Stein, Julie WeilSat, 30 May 2020 01:42:28 +0000As virus-battered D.C. and Northern Virginia reopen, signs of normalcy are scarcehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/as-virus-battered-dc-and-northern-virginia-reopen-signs-of-normalcy-are-scarce/2020/05/29/e49326a2-a1ae-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.htmlhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/as-virus-battered-dc-and-northern-virginia-reopen-signs-of-normalcy-are-scarce/2020/05/29/e49326a2-a1ae-11ea-81bb-c2f70f01034b_story.htmlJohn Woodrow Cox, Peter Jamison, Perry Stein, Julie WeilFri, 29 May 2020 23:25:00 +0000“I’m not going out or doing anything,” one man on his way to work declared Friday morning.Questions about the DMV’s plans to reopen? Find answers here.https://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxThu, 28 May 2020 10:11:00 +0000The live blog has closed for the dayhttps://www.washingtonpost.comhttps://www.washingtonpost.comJohn Woodrow CoxWed, 27 May 2020 23:37:27 +0000