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occurred a bout 1 1:45 a.m.
Monday, p olice said. The victim
suffered l ife-threatening wounds,
D.C. police said.
The incident followed a
shooting on March 2 during
which two p eople argued a nd
exchanged gunshots, a ccording to
police. O ne was i njured and taken
to a hospital for t reatment a nd
the o ther fled, police said.
In a statement i ssued after that
shooting, p olice said t hey had
arrested a 19-year-old man i n the
incident and charged him with
assault w ith a dangerous w eapon.
They s aid they were looking for
the s econd man.
On Monday, police said t hey
arrested Jarvis Burl, 19, of C apitol
Heights as a second s uspect in t he
March 2 incident and charged
him w ith assault w ith a
dangerous weapon.
He w as charged in Monday’s
shooting with a ssault with intent
to kill while a rmed, police said.
— M artin WeilmarylandCharges dropped in
case of tackled womanCharges against a 76-year-old
Gwynn O ak woman who was
tackled to the ground b y a police
officer in a viral video in January
have been dismissed, a ccording t o
the B altimore County State’s
Attorney’s O ffice.
Rena Mellerson h ad been
charged w ith second-degree
assault, obstructing and
hindering, a nd resisting o r
interfering with the a rrest of h er
granddaughter, C ierra Floyd,
according to police. Her a ttorney
confirmed the c harges against
her w ere dropped.
A citizen video — and p olice
body-camera footage — of
Mellerson b eing thrown to the
ground d uring the Jan. 10 a rrest
drew widespread criticism,
including f rom the c ounty
executive a nd police chief.
Officer Jennifer Peach, a
Baltimore County p olice
spokeswoman, declined t o
comment, c iting an ongoing
internal investigation i nto the
officers’ a ctions.
Baltimore County S tate’s
Attorney S cott Shellenberger
could not immediately be reached
for c omment.
— B altimore Sunthe districtCherry blossoms could
reach peak earlierAll b ut one day this month has
been warmer t han average in
Washington, pushing its famed
cherry blossoms ever c loser to
peak bloom.
Because of the mild weather
over the region now and the
forecast f or t he c oming days, the
Capital Weather Gang is m oving
up its forecast f or peak bloom by
five days to March 20 to 24,
centered on March 22.
If peak bloom occurs o n
March 22, i t would mark t he
seventh-earliest d ate on record
since 1921.
When temperatures surged to
74 d egrees Monday, the National
Park Service reported that the
blossom b uds had reached their
third stage — out o f six — called
extension of f lorets. O n average,
peak bloom o ccurs a little m ore
than 10 d ays after this stage,
although t he range in recent
years h as been six to 16 days.
— J ason SamenowMan fatally shot in
Southeast, police sayA 24-year-old m an was fatally
shot Monday night i n Southeast
Washington, police said.
The incident unfolded a bout
8:50 p.m. i n the 2 200 block o f
Savannah Terrace SE a t the
Woodberry V illage apartment
complex.
A D.C. police report said
officers responded t o the area and
found t he victim. He was t aken to
a hospital, where he was
pronounced dead.
The victim was identified as
Markiese Johnson of Southeast.
— M artin Weil
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shootings a week apartA Prince G eorge’s County m an
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daytime shootings a week apart
on the same block in Southeast
Washington, according to D.C.
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washingtonpost.com/local/lotterylotterieseventual return but, worryingly,
KLM asked Ruth to describe the
suitcase’s contents, perhaps the
first step toward making
monetary restitution for items
that will never be recovered.
Ruth went to the airline’s
website and used a drop-down
menu to list what’s missing. She
felt there weren’t nearly enough
choices for shoes. (Shoes are to
Ruth as orchids are to the
rainforest: near limitless in their
profusion and variety.)
But the best part? One of the
options in the jewelry section —
along with ring, earrings, bracelet
and the like — was “crown.”
I feel sorry for any European
monarch who checked her
ermine-bordered, jewel-
encrusted diadem only to arrive
at her destination without it. It’s
hard to be a head of state
without the proper headgear.Spit happens
If the fear of a pandemic leaves
us all with a newfound
appreciation for washing our
hands and covering our mouths
when we sneeze, that’s a good
thing. Maybe it will persuade
more people not to spit in public.
I saw a guy do that the other day
as he waited to cross 14th Street
NW: just casually expectorate a
globule into the gutter.
Maybe that was acceptable in
the Old West, but it’s not the sort
of behavior we should tolerate
today. I feel weird even raising it
— don’t spit in public, duh — not
least because I know it won’t do
any good: No one who reads this
column would be so gross.
[email protected]
Twitter: @johnkelly for previous columns, visit
washingtonpost.com/john-kelly.food coloring to the nectar.
Flower nectar isn’t red.In the bag
When it comes to lost luggage,
the Kelly family has been pretty
lucky. In the past, whenever the
great roulette wheel of the
airport baggage carousel has
stopped spinning without one of
our suitcases, the bag has been
found and delivered a day or two
later.
Not anymore. Last week My
Lovely Wife, Ruth, was on one of
her frequent business trips, a
jaunt that took her to London,
Amsterdam, then back to
London, then back home. She
brought a roll-aboard suitcase
that she didn’t intend to let out
of her sight. But at Heathrow
Airport for her KLM flight to
Schiphol, the clerk told her she’d
have to check it.
And that was the last Ruth saw
of her red Tumi.
Our fingers are crossed for itsin the Washington area. (Gray
squirrels, anyway. Chipmunks
are squirrels, too, and they
hibernate.)
Hummingbirds are seasonal
visitors here, arriving in the
spring and leaving in the fall. In
my Monday column, I mentioned
filling my hummingbird feeder
with nectar. Some readers
pointed out that it’s probably too
soon to hope for a visit.
That’s probably the case. The
website hummingbird central.com
keeps track of where the birds are
popping up. The nearest
appearance s o far was reported by
birders in Callao, Va. — about 100
miles south of Washington on
Virginia’s Northern Neck — on
March 3. “Earliest sighting ever!”
they wrote.
It’s easy to make the nectar:
one part sugar to four parts
water. Some people boil the water
first. It’s important to change out
the nectar every other day or so.
And you don’t need to add redDo squirrels get
the coronavirus? I
sure hope not. My
10th annual
Squirrel Week is
fast approaching,
and I would hate
for anything to
put a damper on
the festivities.
As in years
past, I want your photos of the
adorable, destructive, clever,
maddening, cute, evil critters for
my yearly Squirrel Week Squirrel
Photography Contest. I’ve been
amazed at the quality of entries
over the years and I hope you’ll
keep it up.
I want Richard Avedon meets
Annie Leibovitz. I want Gordon
Parks meets Dorothea Lange. I
want a squirrel Weegee:
Squeegee. I want decisive
squirrel moments evoking Henri
Cartier-Bresson.
For complete rules and
instructions on how to enter,
visit wapo.st/squirrelphotorules,
but in a nutshell, each image
should be no larger than 5MB
and sent as a JPEG attachment to
[email protected].
Please put “Squirrel Photo” i n
the subject line.
Provide whatever caption
information you like, as well as
your name, email address and
phone number. Don’t submit
images that have been heavily
manipulated with software.
Anyone may enter, but only legal
U.S. residents over 18 are eligible
to win a prize.
That prize is a $100 gift card
and publication in my column.
The deadline is April 6. Squirrel
Week 2020 begins April 12.
Flight line
Squirrels are visible year-round
Squirrel photographers, it’s that time of year again
John
Kelly's
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barbara J. Saffir
A gray squirrel tears apart a mammoth sunflower in “Messy Eater,”
a finalist in last year’s Squirrel Photography Contest.BY JUSTIN WM. MOYERA Maryland m an was one of t wo
members of a Marine Special Op-
erations team killed in Iraq while
fighting Islamic State militants,
officials s aid Tuesday.
C apt. Moises A. N avas, a Special
Operations officer from German-
town, and Gunnery Sgt. Diego D.
Pongo, a critical skills operator
from Simi Valley, Calif., were killed
Sunday while a ccompanying Iraqi
security forces d uring a mission to
eliminate an Islamic State strong-
hold in a mountainous area of
north-central Iraq, military offi-
cials said in a statement. B oth m en
were 34.
Navas, known a s “Mo,” was born
in Panama and grew up in Mary-
land, according to the D efense D e-
partment. H e joined the Marine
Corps in 2004 and was assigned
for the past four years to the 2nd
Marine Raider Battalion, Marine
Forces Special Operations Com-
mand, at Camp Lejeune in NorthCarolina.
A scout sniper, martial arts in-
structor and combat diver, Navas
was recently selected for promo-
tion to major, the statement said.
His commendations include a
Purple Heart. H e is survived by his
wife, a daughter, three sons, his
parents and a brother.
Pongo also enlisted i n 2004, de-
ploying to Iraq and Afghanistan,
and was awarded a Purple Heart,
among other commendations. He
is survived by his daughter andparents.
In a statement, Col. John Lynch,
Marine Raider Regiment com-
manding officer, said “the loss of
these two incredible individuals is
being felt a cross our o rganization,
but it cannot compare to the loss
that their families and teammates
are experiencing.”
“Both men epitomize what it
means to be a Marine Raider,” the
statement said. “They were i ntelli-
gent, c ourageous, and l oyal.”
[email protected]maryland
Marine dies while battling Islamic State militants
BY PETER HERMANNA retired law enforcement offi-
cer shot and wounded one of two
teen boys who were apparently
trying to break into his residence
early Tuesday in Columbia
Heights, a ccording to a D.C. police
spokesman.
The injured b oy, described a s 15
or 16 years old, suffered a wound
not believed to be life-threatening
and was taken to a hospital for
treatment. The spokesman,
Dustin Sternbeck, said the other
teen was taken into custody.
Police said the incident oc-
curred about 1 2:45 a.m. in the 1100
block of Girard Street NW, a block
off Sherman Avenue. Details of
precisely where and how the
shooting occurred were not avail-
able. Sternbeck said it does not
appear the injured teen wasarmed.
The boys’ identities were not
released because of their ages. Po-
lice declined to identify the retired
officer who fired his weapon; he
has n ot been charged with a crime.
The agency where h e used to work
could not immediately be l earned.
Authorities said the investiga-
tion is continuing. Sternbeck said
both teens had prior run-ins with
police linked to burglaries andattempted robberies.
D.C. police are also investigat-
ing a shooting that o ccurred about
12:35 a.m. on Tuesday at 14th and
R streets NW, in Logan Circle.
Police said the man who was shot
was e xpected t o survive.
The shooting occurred near res-
taurants and apartments on 14th
Street. No further details of the
shooting were available.
[email protected]the district
Retired o∞cer shoots apparent burglar, a teen boy
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