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12-year-old arrested, charged with fatally shooting 13-year-old in DC

By Thomas Robertson

A 12-year-old was arrested Wednesday and charged in the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old that happened in July in D.C.’s Kingman Park neighborhood.

The 12-year-old boy was arrested by members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force and charged with voluntary manslaughter while armed.

The charge stems from the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Ahmad Mims on July 11.

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That Saturday night, just before 8:30 p.m., police said officers responding to the 1600 block of Rosedale Street in Northeast found Mims on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators determined the shooting happened inside a home in the block.

DC students made small gains on last year’s standardized tests, but still below prepandemic levels in math, data shows

By Scott Gelman
D.C. students made small gains in reading last year, but math results haven't yet reached prepandemic levels, according to new citywide standardized test data released Thursday. At a news briefing, District education officials shared results from the D.C. CAPE standardized test. The assessment is given to third through 12th grade students in English, language arts and mathematics in the spring. It assigns students a level between one and five. Students scoring Level 1 didn't yet meet expectations, and Level 5 is defined as exceeding expectations. Scores of Level 4 or 5 are considered proficient and on grade level. Across the city, there was a 2% increase in ELA proficiency and a 2.1% bump in math proficiency, compared with the 2025 results. About 39.6% of students were considered on grade level in reading in the spring, the highest proficiency the city has reported since 2015. About 28.5% were proficient in math. Officials attribute several years of improving scores to investments in high-impact tutoring programs, teacher training materials and a focus on students adjusting during their first year of middle or high school. But while the city has surpassed its reading scores from before the pandemic, it hasn't yet reached that level in math.
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