Gina Cook

Washington, D.C.

Digital Content Producer at WRC-TV (Washington, DC)

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Woman's body found in dumpster in Northeast DC

2 days ago | nbcwashington.com | Gina Cook

Getty ImagesSomeone killed a woman before her body was discovered inside a dumpster in Northeast D.C. on Saturday, police say. Donella Bryan, 62, was found dead in the 1600 block of Maryland Avenue NE, police said. Officers went to the area just after 8 a.m. because someone reported seeing an unconscious person in the dumpster, police said. D.C. Fire and EMS also responded and pronounced Bryan, of Northeast D.C., dead at the scene. A medical examiner ruled on Sunday her death was a homicide.
73-year-old man found dead in Woodbridge townhome fire

1 week ago | nbcwashington.com | Gina Cook

NBC WashingtonFirefighters discovered a 73-year-old man dead inside a townhome in Woodbridge, Virginia, early Thursday morning while responding to a fire. Crews found Narendar Kumar Jain as they searched his home on Madrigal Drive just before 6:30 a.m., Prince William County police and fire officials said. A neighbor called authorities after seeing smoke coming from the home. Jain was the only person in the home at the time of the fire.
Teen threatened Montgomery County principal, religious groups, police say

1 week ago | nbcwashington.com | Gina Cook

Getty ImagesA 17-year-old Maryland student is facing charges after police say he made threats to a school in Montgomery County. School staff discovered a voicemail message threatening the school's principal and various demographic and religious groups on March 18, police said in a release on Thursday. Police didn't name the school or the teen, who has been charged as a juvenile with with threats of mass violence and a hate crime.
Kennedy Center to light up red, white and blue every night for 'American spirit'

1 week ago | nbcwashington.com | Gina Cook

Lights outside the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will permanently display the colors red, white and blue every night to commemorate the United States, the arts institute announced Tuesday. Usually, the lights are plain white, but the Kennedy Center sometimes changes them for special events and holidays. Rainbow lights shine during the week leading up to the annual Kennedy Center Honors.
American Airlines planes 'swapped paint' in latest incident at DCA

2 weeks ago | nbcwashington.com | Gina Cook

An American Airlines plane "bumped into" another American Airlines plane on the taxiway at Reagan National Airport Thursday afternoon. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement the wingtip of American Airlines flight 5490 hit flight 4522 about 12:45 p.m. No one was hurt. Several members of Congress were sitting on flight 4522, the plane that was clipped. They were awaiting takeoff to JFK International Airport in New York.
Neighbor who shot suspect during deadly Spotsylvania gunfight won't face charges

2 weeks ago | nbcwashington.com | Gina Cook

A resident of the Spotsylvania neighborhood hit with a deadly barrage of gunfire Tuesday evening won't face charges for shooting one of the suspects with his own gun, authorities say. About 5:30 p.m., bullets blasted through Olde Greenwich Circle, a residential street lined with brick townhomes. One man who was inside his home at the time heard the rapid gunfire and saw two people with long guns shooting outside, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office said.
Illegal gun sale, robbery led to shooting that killed 3 in Spotsylvania, sheriff says

2 weeks ago | nbcwashington.com | Gina Cook |Walter Morris

Four teenagers have been arrested and charged in connection to a shooting that killed three men in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Tuesday evening. Authorities say an illegal gun sale and robbery led up to the deadly shooting. Chase Feaster and Alonzo Goffney, both 18, were two of the men killed in the shooting near the Olde Greenwich Circle, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office said in an update Wednesday morning. Authorities haven't yet named a 20-year-old man who died.
DC stabbing suspect charged with trying to kill 6 people

2 weeks ago | nbcwashington.com | Walter Morris |Gina Cook

A man was charged with trying to kill six people after he stabbed himself and several others in Northeast D.C. Thursday, police say. Kevin Steve Andrade, 34, was walking with a woman along Meigs Place in the Trinidad neighborhood when he suddenly started stabbing himself and her, the Metropolitan Police Department said. "The suspect was in an altered mental state from an unknown substance," D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said Thursday.
FAA increasing support for air traffic control at DCA

3 weeks ago | nbcwashington.com | Gina Cook

The Federal Aviation Administration says it's increasing support and oversight for the air traffic controller team at D.C.'s airport two months after the deadly midair collision between an American Airlines plane and Army helicopter. The FAA said it will add two more operational supervisors to the staff, review controller staffing numbers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and review DCA's arrival rate of aircraft per hour.
100 former assistant US attorneys oppose Ed Martin's nomination as DC's top prosecutor

3 weeks ago | nbcwashington.com | Ted Oberg |Gina Cook

More than 100 former prosecutors voiced their opposition to Ed Martin leading the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. and called for a public hearing to address his support for Jan. 6 rioters and past claims about the 2020 election. "Martin is an egregiously unqualified political hack who has never served either as a prosecutor or judge and who has no meaningful roots in the District of Columbia or even the surrounding area," the attorneys said in a statement.