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15 Homicides last month (April)

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35 homicides this years versus 60 during the same period last year.

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Maxwell Emerson

Aged 25 | July 5, 2023

Judge Tells Hung Jury, ‘You Have Not Failed,’ Declares Mistrial in Catholic University Homicide

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz declared a mistrial in a homicide case on May 4 after the jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on four out of the five counts.  Jaime Macedo, 25, is charged with first-degree felony murder while armed, attempt to commit robbery while armed, two counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior conviction greater than a year for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Maxwell Emerson on The Catholic University of America campus, on the 600 block of Alumni Lane, NE on July 5, 2023. Read more »

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