By John Solomon
How the government's punishing of the exposure of official wrongdoing can linger for years

A Silver Spring man is charged with attempted murder after police said he shot another man while high on PCP and then climbed naked onto a fire truck parked in a busy Calverton shopping center.

Two men were shot — one fatally — overnight in separate incidents in Prince George's County.
A Laurel man fatally shot his wife and his adult step-daughter Monday, Prince George's County police said.

A man attempting to rob two men in a car in Hillcrest Heights was fatally shot early Sunday after struggling with one of his victims over a gun, Prince George's County police said.

A man stabbed at his Suitland apartment complex Monday died after a friend trying to drive him to an emergency room crashed her car and he had to be flown by helicopter to a local hospital, Prince George's County police said.

A man accused of gunning down his stepfather, a D.C. police detective, after a dispute over yard work turned himself in to Prince George's County police late Tuesday, ending a manhunt that had fanned out around the region.

A manhunt is underway for a 27-year-old man who fatally shot his stepfather, a D.C. police officer, during a domestic dispute Monday night at their home in Upper Marlboro.

An off-duty Metropolitan Police Department officer fired shots at a man attempting to steal the officer's car from outside his Clinton home Friday morning, according to police.

A Tuesday night fatal shooting in Capitol Heights is gang-related, according to Prince George's County police.

Refrigerators, dishwashers and ovens were among the household appliances stolen by thieves who have targeted at least 25 new home construction sites in Prince George's County, police said.