Arrest made in stabbing death A 25-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a 28-year-old man found dead in a hallway early Saturday.
D.C. police were called to the 3900 block of 13th Street Southeast near United Medical Center about 3 a.m. and found the body of Vance Darnell Harris II in the hallway of a building, suffering multiple stab wounds. They arrested Dominique Bassil, police said Sunday.
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Motorcyclist killed in Fairfax County crash
A 53-year-old Fairfax County man was killed early Sunday when his Harley-Davidson motorcycle crashed into a turning car on Lee Highway, according to Fairfax County police.
Officials had been told a motorcyclist was traveling at high speed along Lee Highway just before the 1 a.m. crash.
Fred Timothy Hall struck a 2008 Toyota Camry from behind as it turned onto Lee Highway from Buckley’s Gate Manor. The 17-year-old driver of the Camry suffered minor injuries, but Hall was thrown from his bike and died at the scene. Police believe the motorcycle’s speed was a factor in the crash.
Smoke clears out Gaithersburg Hilton
Guests at a Hilton hotel in Gaithersburg got an early wake-up call Sunday morning when an electrical fire filled several floors with smoke, according to the Montgomery County Fire Department.
The fire department was called to the hotel on Perry Parkway at about 7:28 a.m. for a report of smoke on the sixth floor, according to Assistant Fire Chief Scott Graham. The smell of smoke had drifted to the fifth and seventh floors, as well.
Hotel guests were evacuated and some guests with disabilities had to be escorted out, he said.
A problem with the wiring of an ice machine or vending machine apparently was to blame, he said.
– Kytja Weir
