WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — President Donald Trump has signaled plans to expand his crime crackdown beyond Washington, D.C., as the city recorded its first homicide in nearly two weeks.
A man was fatally shot in the district just after midnight Tuesday, ending a 12-day streak without a homicide, which Trump had credited to his federal takeover.
“In the last 11 days we’ve had no murders and that’s the first time that’s taken place in years actually, years,” Trump told reporters Monday — though city crime statistics show otherwise.
The district went 16 days without a homicide earlier this year, from Feb. 24 to March 13, according to the Washington Post, marking the longest streak in at least six years. Ten days without a killing is uncommon in D.C., occurring only twice this year, including once before Trump took control of the local police, the outlet reported.
After spiking in 2023, homicide numbers in D.C. declined in 2024, and this year’s total represents a 15% decrease from the same period last year.
City leaders have repeatedly pointed to the data, which puts violent crime at a 30-year low in the nation’s capital, to argue against Trump’s federal takeover.
Despite those statistics, Trump has continually claimed violent crime was getting worse in D.C. before he deployed hundreds of National Guard members into the district.
