Today, every other resident has moved out. High and her daughters are the last ones in the building 鈥� a building scheduled for demolition.听

鈥淏eing in here, packing up, every time I take something down, another memory,鈥� High said. 鈥淚 remember when we took these pictures. I remember when we came home and finally hung these pictures up. Remember when, blah, blah, blah. Every time somebody leaves, just flooded with memories.鈥澨�

Former D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams included the Park Morton complex in the D.C. Housing Authority in 2005.听 The plan outlined redevelopments for four public housing units across the city, utilizing a 鈥渂uild first鈥� system, instead of displacing residents. The new public housing unit would be in nearby Bruce Monroe park and allow Park Morton residents to live there while the original site was redeveloped.听

Multiple changes and over a decade later, half of Park Morton 鈥� including High鈥檚 apartment 鈥� is set for demolition and redevelopment, but the Bruce Monroe building planned to house them is not yet built. After a from Park View neighbors halted construction plans in 2017, the made to the design Nov. 19, allowing for a start to construction.

After years of waiting, Park Morton is coming down, as Bruce Monroe is going up.听

鈥淚t鈥檚 a shame that it didn鈥檛 happen earlier 鈥� that it didn鈥檛 become the 鈥榖uild first鈥� site that it was intended to become for at least some of the housing on Park Morton,鈥� Rob Miller, commissioner on the zoning council, said during the meeting. 鈥淚t鈥檚 very frustrating and disappointing for everyone involved, particularly the residents there who have been promised this new community for a long time.”

The current plan for Bruce Monroe splits the building into thirds: public housing, affordable housing and market rate apartments in equal measures.听

Including market rate housing is an attempt to fiscally diversify the neighborhood, Michael Wray said in an interview. Wray is a commissioner for Advisory Neighborhood Commission 1A, the ANC backing the project.听

The original NCI included this type of听 鈥渕ixed income鈥� housing, meaning Bruce Monroe is on track with the original outline. Park Morton, however, will be redeveloped into housing entirely for low income residents, Wray said, making it slightly out of touch with the original idea.听

Wray viewed a completely affordable housing unit as a positive change, but he also believed mixed income buildings allowed for more growth in the community. People with higher incomes could bring in more revenue, contributing to local businesses, grocery stores and daycare centers.

鈥淚t’s all important. Every every person in that building is a key component of making it work,鈥� Wray said.听

High,The Council @ Park Morton president, does not view mixed-income housing favorably. She believed people moving in at market rate would look down on people in the public housing apartments, making it harder for them to thrive in their own communities.听

According to the email she sent to DCHA Director Brenda Donald, High will not leave her building,, until they provide her and her daughters with two side-by-side apartments in another Park Morton building 鈥� one for her and Amarissa, 7, and one for A鈥橳ira, 22.听

鈥溾�嬧�婭f you want this redevelopment to move forward without any complications, you’ll make that apartment happen, otherwise, I will remain right here,鈥� High said in the email sent Dec. 4 and provided to 最新蜜桃影像.听

High fears if she leaves Park Morton, she will not be guaranteed the right to return there 鈥� or to the new Bruce Monroe site.听

Currently, outlines residents鈥� right to return to any new community development after completion. High said she believes this is subject to change because of how long the development has taken and how many changes have been made in past years. Even if people have the option to move back, High doubts they will want to because of how much time has passed.听

Earlene Grasty is one such resident. Grasty lived in Park Morton for 24 years before being 鈥渧ouchered out鈥� for the redevelopment to move forward. She now lives with her husband in the Southeast and said she would not move back unless necessary.听

鈥淚 want to move forward. I don’t want to go backwards,鈥� Grasty said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 going to look beautiful if they keep their word, do what they鈥檝e got to do, but God in control of that.鈥澨�

Grasty, like High, said she missed her neighbors and her community, but too much time had passed for her to consider moving again.听

Wray has been working with the project since he joined the ANC in 2018, but he agreed the project ultimately took too long to gain traction.听

Wray said the development will only be further delayed if people without knowledge of history got involved. The lawsuit in 2017, he said, came from neighbors who felt the Bruce Monroe building would detract from the park and negatively affect the neighborhood, without fully understanding the importance of the property.听

鈥淲e’ve got to find ways to make this process a lot faster, so that the people who were actually involved in those meetings and those discussions are still here when the building starts to go vertical because they remember, and they know why we were doing this,鈥� Wray said.

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听The victim, Bernard Langley, was transported to a local hospital where he is undergoing surgery, according to Chastity Nelson, his sister-in-law. Nelson said the bullet went through Langley鈥檚 leg but that he鈥檚 going to be okay.

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Gunshots rang out on the crisp, sunny day in the residential neighborhood that abuts McMillan Reservoir, and Nelson was there to hear them. She said she was in the basement of the house at the time, her sister doing her daughter鈥檚 hair when she heard three shots and ran outside. Langley was coming up the steps saying he鈥檇 just been shot, Nelson recounted.听

听鈥淚t had to have been a random shooting,鈥� Nelson said. 鈥淗e doesn鈥檛 have any enemies. He cuts grass for everyone around here; everybody knows him. They鈥檝e lived in this house for about 13 years,鈥� she continued.

The crime scene closed down a block of Columbia Rd NW as officers and police dogs combed the area for evidence, causing a traffic jam on Michigan Ave NW and Warder St NW. The occasional car horn and dogs barking were the only noises that punctuated the otherwise quiet Saturday afternoon in the area.

听The investigation is still ongoing. Police have described the suspect, asking the public to be on the lookout for a Black male, around 20-25 years old, with long dreadlocks and wearing a green jacket and dark-colored pants. If you have any information, you are encouraged to call or text the 3rd District police department at 202-727-9099.

3D is on the scene of a confirmed shooting at 500 Block of Columbia RD NW . Lookout is for a B/M, 5'10, 20-25yrs of age, medium complexion with long dreads, Green Jacket and dark color Pants.
Have info? Call (202) 727-9099/text 50411

— DC Police Department (@DCPoliceDept)

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Terry Smith, 35, of Southeast D.C., was arrested after showing up to the home of a victim who had taken out a civil protective order against him.

When the police were called by the victim, a warrant had already been issued for Smith, who had been evading charges of assault with intent to kill, robbery, and violation of a civil protection order.听

According to the MPD police report, Smith鈥檚 warrant for arrest was secured following an earlier aggravated domestic assault he committed against his ex-wife and a man with her.

鈥淰ictims One and Two were walking in an alley in the rear of Victim Two鈥檚 home, when they were approached by Smith. Smith is Victim Two鈥檚 ex-husband. Smith assaulted Victim one, stabbing him five times,鈥� according to the report.听

Smith then dragged his ex-wife up the alley where the assault took place and stole her phone before fleeing the scene.听

Smith鈥檚 ex-wife also had a Temporary Protective Order against him that had been verified by the Police Department.

Yesterday, when Smith returned to his ex-wife鈥檚 home, MPD was called.听

鈥淎 perimeter was established, and a barricade was declared. After a brief standoff, Smith surrendered to the officers,鈥� according to MPD.听

The standoff took place at a residence off of Harvard St. NW and Sherman Ave. NW, and resulted in the closing of multiple streets.

Residents of the Park View and Columbia Heights neighborhood took to Twitter to express their concern.听

Aaron Albright, a resident of the Columbia Heights area tweeted saying, 鈥淒on鈥檛 like the helicopter and emergency vehicle sirens going off right now鈥︹��

dont like this helicopter and emergency vehicle sirens going off right now…

鈥� Aaron Albright (@AaronKAlbright)

Sherman and Fairmont through Harvard look like they are current blocked by policy activity. Good luck everyone and be kind to one another.

鈥� Aaron Albright (@AaronKAlbright)

Albright said he was alarmed by the number of police cars filing onto the streets of Sherman Ave., and decided to check Twitter when he thought he heard a helicopter.听听

Alan Henney, a citizen journalist covering the area, also took to Twitter to share what he knew.听

Police have CLOSED several streets in the Columbia Heights, Pleasant Plains and Park View neighborhoods while they attempt to talk a wanted man out of a residence near Girard Street and Sherman Ave NW-DC. The SWAT team and fire/EMS are assisting.

鈥� Alan Henney (@alanhenney)

SWAT just showed up. It鈥檚 definitely Harvard and Sherman not Girard

鈥� Matt Billeri (@mbilleri)

鈥淧olice have CLOSED several streets in the Columbia Heights, Pleasant Plains and Park View neighborhoods while they attempt to talk a wanted man out of a residence near Girard Street and Sherman Ave NW-DC. The SWAT team and fire/EMS are assisting,鈥� Henney said in a tweet.

Among the hoards of police cars were multiple Emergency Response Team vehicles blocking the front and back entrance of the Harvard Street residence where Smith was hiding.听

The standoff lasted around two hours until Smith was taken into custody safely. No shots were fired by police during the standoff.

The blocked-off streets were opened back up around 4 p.m.听

According to Karimah Bilal, the Program Manager of Communications for the MPD, no additional information regarding the incident had been released at this time.听

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