Matt Pusatory

Washington, D.C., United States

Digital Editor at WUSA-TV (Washington, DC)

Digital Editor for #GetUpDC on @WUSA9

Articles

Driver killed in crash with utility pole in Silver Spring

1 week ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Montgomery County crash investigators say the woman who died after colliding with a utility pole in Silver Spring on Sunday night was not wearing a seatbelt. They are still working to figure out why she struck the pole in the first place.
WNBA draft: Paige Bueckers goes No. 1. Here's everything else you need to know

1 week ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

NEW YORK — Paige Bueckers is ready for her next chapter after a whirlwind week that started with her helping UConn win its 12th national championship and ended with her becoming the WNBA's No. 1 draft pick by the Dallas Wings. “I’m just extremely excited to be there. I’ve only heard great things about the city," Bueckers said of Dallas. “So excited to start that new chapter and be in a new city and explore that and give everything I have to the Wings organization.
Bowser shares recommendations for DC's Safe and Beautiful Task Force

1 week ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

In a letter, the mayor highlighted three urgent needs, including restoring DC's current fiscal budget. WASHINGTON — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is offering her recommendations for the District's Safe and Beautiful Task Force. Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the task force, hoping to target Metro fare evasion, clear the city's homeless encampments and crack down on crime.
Search underway suspect in Southeast DC shooting that injured 2

1 week ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

WASHINGTON — DC Police are searching for who is responsible for a shooting that sent two men to the hospital Sunday night. One man was shot in the lower body, and the other suffered a graze wound, according to police. Just before 8 p.m., officers were called to the intersection of 6th Street and Mississippi Avenue Southeast for a report of a shooting. That's not far from the Meadowbrook Run Apartments. Once on scene, they found two men injured by gunfire.
US still won't say whether it will return mistakenly deported man, despite Supreme Court decision

1 week ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

President Donald Trump is expected to meet with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele on Monday. WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is doubling down on its decision not to tell a federal court whether it has any plans to repatriate a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month and remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador, despite a Supreme Court ruling and lower court order that the man should be returned to the United States.
Democratic senators demand answers following Prince George's County man's deportation to El Salvador

2 weeks ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

"Your unwillingness to immediately rectify this 'administrative error' is unacceptable," the letter reads.
1 dead in Fairfax County shooting, police say

2 weeks ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

GROVETON, Va. — Police are investigating after a man was found shot dead in the Groveton area of Fairfax County early Tuesday morning. Officers are still investigating what happened, but believe a fight took a violent turn. Officers were first called to the area of 7200 Jon Paul Drive around midnight Tuesday for a report of an unconscious man. When officers arrived on the scene, they found the man shot. He was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Houston, Florida play for title and put a different spin on the underdog role to wrap March Madness

2 weeks ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

SAN ANTONIO — Whoever said there were no great underdog stories left in March Madness, or that the title would go to whichever team spends the most money — or amasses the gaudiest collection of big names from the transfer portal — probably never checked out Houston.
Washington Mystics legend Elena Delle Donne announces retirement from WNBA

2 weeks ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

Delle Donne is stepping off the court, but staying close to the game of basketball. WASHINGTON — WNBA champion and two-time Most Valuable Player Elena Delle Donne is retiring from basketball. She announced her retirement Friday, calling it "one of the hardest parts of my career." Delle Donne was part of the 2013 WNBA draft class, selected No. 2 overall by the Chicago Sky.
Man accused of shooting 3 officers responding to animal cruelty call in DC indicted

2 weeks ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

Stephen Rattigan was indicted by a grand jury on half a dozen counts of assault with intent to kill, among other charges. WASHINGTON — The man accused of shooting three officers and triggering a day-long standoff with Metropolitan Police Department officers on Valentine's Day last year has been indicted on more than a dozen charges by a grand jury more than a year later. Stephen Rattigan, 49, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday. Here's a closer look at what happened.