In late August, the Examiner published a piece arguing that the District's low homicide rate might be due to the cooler-than-usual summer temps. The story was one of the dumbest crime stories we've ever read. Even D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier called the lower-temp theory "idiotic." But the story did at least provoke a little attention on the police department's stunning successes and the city's big drop in murders. When Lanier speculated that the city could see fewer than 100 homicides for the year, she wasn't laughed out of town. Of course, the District's perps did not cooperate.

As of today, there have been 106 homicides. At this point last year, there were 148 homicides. The plummeting homicide rate is still quite impressive. So why is the District experiencing such a huge drop?

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Some details on the Columbia Heights Metro shootings, from Assistant D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham:

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The Post is reporting that Ingmar Guandique has arrived in D.C. The paper writes:

"Federal marshals transported Ingmar Guandique to Washington on Monday night from a federal prison facility, where he was serving time for attacking two women.

Assistant D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said that Guandique will be taken today from the D.C. Jail to the police department homicide unit's office for fingerprinting, photographing and other processing. He will then be returned to the jail to await an initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court, possibly tomorrow."