District police are going into targeted neighborhoods to arrest the city’s most violent criminals in a plan called Operation MVP.

Mayor Adrian Fenty and acting Police Chief Cathy Lanier announced the new operation at a time when the District has had a string of murders, including four killed in five hours this weekend.

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