Kammala wannan jumla: Jami'an MPD sun kasance a wurin
yunkurin kashe shugaba Ronald Reagan wanda a lokacin da aka harbe wani jami'i, Thomas Delahanty. A ƙarshen 1980s da farkon 1990s Washington ya sha wahala daga annobar crack kuma yawan kisan kai ya tashi. Ba da daɗewa ba aka san wannan gundumar da "babban birnin kisan kai" na ƙasar.