Matt Pusatory

Washington, D.C., United States

Digital Editor at WUSA-TV (Washington, DC)

Digital Editor for #GetUpDC on @WUSA9

Articles

Police make arrest in death of 1-year-old Journee Moore

5 days ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

WASHINGTON — DC Police detectives have made an arrest in the homicide investigation of a 1-year-old girl, 8 months after she was killed. Investigators with the department's Special Victims Unit arrested 24-year-old Wayne Blake on Thursday. Back in September, officers responded to a home in the 3700 block of Connecticut Avenue Northwest for a report of a child in cardiac arrest. The child, later identified as Journee Moore, was taken to an area hospital where she later died.
Tree falls on home in Fairfax County

5 days ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

WASHINGTON — Wet weather Friday morning caused a large tree to fall on a home in Fairfax County. Police and firefighters responded to the 4200 block of Allison Circle around 5:30 a.m. for a report of a fallen tree. Once there, first responders found a large tree had damaged a home, but no one inside was hurt. Jose Gray lives in the home in Fairfax. He said he was awoken by the noise. He walked through the house and was surprised by the damage.
High school student arrested for bringing loaded ghost gun to class

5 days ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — A 15-year-old student has been arrested for bringing a loaded gun to the campus of Gaithersburg High School on Thursday. The Gaithersburg Police Department was called to the high school just after 1 p.m. for an investigation. During the course of the investigation, officers and school staff stopped the 15-year-old and conducted a search. Investigators found the gun during their search.
Shooting in parking lot of Northeast DC school caught on camera

5 days ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

WASHINGTON — Police are asking for the public's help to find three men accused of shooting at another person in the parking lot of a school earlier this month. Metropolitan Police Department investigators released surveillance video of the shooting on Thursday. According to detectives, the shooting happened on May 1 in the 700 block of 26th Street Northeast. Just before 4:30 p.m., the three suspects were in a parking lot of a school.
Feds vow to overhaul US air traffic control system while fixing problems at troubled Newark airport

6 days ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

Amid turmoil, one thing seems clear: An aging system struggles to handle the nation’s more than 45,000 daily flights. WASHINGTON — A deadly midair collision in January between a military helicopter and a commercial airliner, several additional crashes and technical problems that resulted in mass cancellations at New Jersey's biggest airport have prompted officials to pledge a fix for the nation’s outdated air traffic control system and vow to hire more controllers.
Fiona Apple's first new song in 5 years inspired by her time as Prince George's County court watcher

1 week ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

"Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)" was created in support of the nonprofit Free Black Mamas DMV. PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — Fiona Apple just released her first new music in five years, and it's inspired by her time as a court watcher in Prince George's County. "Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)" was created in support of the nonprofit Free Black Mamas DMV.
Child found wandering Capitol Heights neighborhood

1 week ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

Credit: Prince George's County Police CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. — Police are asking for the public's help to reunite a young child with their family. Prince George's County Police officers said the child was found in the the area of Ronald Road and Karen Boulevard. That's near the Millwood Townhouses in Capitol Heights. Investigators do not know the child's age or name. They shared a photo of the child on the police department's social media pages just before 5 a.m. on Wednesday.
Capitals drop Game 1 at home against the Canes in overtime

1 week ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

WASHINGTON — Very few people in the arena knew the puck was in the net, including Jaccob Slavin, who shot it through traffic. Goaltender Logan Thompson figured it out when he saw the red light on behind him. “I didn’t know it went in until I saw Jordan Staal, Staalsy, coming with his arms up yelling at me,” Slavin said. Seeing it to believe it, Slavin's overtime goal gave the Carolina Hurricanes a 2-1 victory at the Washington Capitals in Game 1 of their second-round series on Tuesday night.
Man dead after crash on Riggs Road in Prince George's County

1 week ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

ADELPHI, Md. — Police are still working to learn what led to a deadly crash on Riggs Road early Monday morning. According police, one man is dead and another is hurt. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. The crash happened around 1:25 a.m. in the 8600 block of Riggs Road. Police say the passenger, only identified as a man, was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the car had what police called non-life-threatening injuries. WUSA9 was on the scene following the crash.
Crash on I-66 causing delays for morning commute in Fairfax County

1 week ago | wusa9.com | Matt Pusatory

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Drivers in Fairfax County should expect delays due to a crash on Interstate 66 Monday morning. It's the second major slow-down of the morning commute following a crash on the inner loop of the Capital Beltway in D.C. Traffic officials in Fairfax County say a crash on eastbound I-66 past Exit 47 (VA-234) initially closed one general purpose lane and one express lane. The crash has since been moved to the shoulder.