Subject: Afternoon Buzz: D.C. police revise shooting policies in response to vehicle ramming attacks
From: "The Washington Post" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 20:30:44 +0000

Afternoon Buzz from The Washington Post

Democrat buys semi-automatic rifle at Va. gun show in under 10 minutes, no questions asked; Video shows mom injecting child with liquid that could’ve killed him, search warrant...

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Updates since this morning's paper

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D.C. police revise shooting policies in response to vehicle ramming attacks <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/police-in-dc-new-york-revise-shooting-policies-in-response-to-vehicle-ramming-attacks/2018/05/01/9561d1ee-418b-11e8-ad8f-27a8c409298b_story.html?utm_term=.e3c2099aa1a8&wprss=rss_crime&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

The District is among several major cities loosening rules to deal with a new threat: terrorists in trucks mowing down and killing pedestrians.

By Peter Hermann    •    Read more » <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/police-in-dc-new-york-revise-shooting-policies-in-response-to-vehicle-ramming-attacks/2018/05/01/9561d1ee-418b-11e8-ad8f-27a8c409298b_story.html?utm_term=.e3c2099aa1a8&wprss=rss_crime&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Democrat buys semi-automatic rifle at Va. gun show in under 10 minutes, no questions asked <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/democrats-race-to-prove-who-hates-guns-more-in-northern-virginia-house-primary/2018/05/01/d3ad87a0-4cbb-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c_story.html?utm_term=.a2e55a5cf2ed&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

To demonstrate the “gun show loophole”, Army veteran Dan Helmer went undercover

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Video shows mom injecting child with liquid that could’ve killed him, search warrant says <https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/video-shows-mom-injecting-child-with-liquid-that-couldve-killed-him-search-warrant-says/2018/05/01/6444455e-4d63-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?utm_term=.5bea2767e403&wpisrc=nl_buzz&wpmm=1>

Staff at Inova told police that the child had been admitted there seven times since February, including for bleeding.

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The agent and another law enforcement officer were killed on I-270 in Maryland.

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