2017 murder case will not have DNA testing

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 3, 2018
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Both the defense and prosecution decided March 2 that DNA testing was not needed for a murder case.

Herman Lee Cook was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed for alledgedly fatally shooting 45-year-old Donald Stephen Johnson Jr. on Feb. 21, 2017.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, officers found Johnson on the 5700 block of Georgia Ave., NW suffering from gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.

Cook, 46, is currently being held without bail. A trial readiness hearing is scheduled on Oct. 12.