18-year-old girl fatally stabbed at a bus stop

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 27, 2016
Homicides | Victims |

An 18-year-old girl was fatally stabbed at a bus stop on the 4800 block of Benning Road, SE.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department press release, a patrol officer witnessed a fight between two girls at the bus stop on March 22. The officer stopped the fight, but not before one girl stabbed the other.

The victim, later identified as Amanjanea La-Shell Whitley, was transported to the hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.