Month: March 2017

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 13, 2017
Homicides | Victims |

Details Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of 51-year-old Dennis Lee Wise. Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 11, 2017
Homicides | Victims |

Details Police are investigating after a 24-year-old man was killed Friday morning. Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 10, 2017
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details The man on trial for allegedly killing a teenager in June 2015 continued to argue he did so in self-defense Thursday. Derryck Decuir, charged with the murder of Malek Mercer,... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 10, 2017
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Defense attorney’s representing the man accused of the murder of 27-year-old James Anderson suggested in opening statements Wednesday that the true culprit is a drug gang. Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 9, 2017
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Murder suspect Derryck Decuir told a jury on Wednesday he shot 16-year-old Malek Mercer out of fear for his own life, and never intended to kill the teen. Decuir was... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 8, 2017
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Defense attorneys for Derryck Decuir continued their attempts Tuesday to prove their client acted in self defense when he shot 16-year-old Malek Mercer. Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 8, 2017
Documents | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Paul Hagans Jr. was arrested and charged with aggravated assault for the death of Desmond Joseph. Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 7, 2017
Homicides | Suspects |

Details The man who told police he punched Desmond Johnson was ordered held without bail on Tuesday. Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 7, 2017
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Before jury selection could begin on Tuesday, defense attorneys in the James Anderson murder trial presented a potential hiccup in trial proceedings. Defense attorney Eugene Ohm said he was unable... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 7, 2017
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details The alleged chain of events that led to the death of a teenager were described to the jury Monday by friends of the suspect and victim. Rachean Bethea testified Monday... Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 7, 2017
Documents | Homicides | Victims |

Details Andrew McPhatter was killed March 1, 2017. [documentcloud url=”http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3484920-Andrew-McPhatter-homicide-reward-flier.html”] Read More

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 7, 2017
Homicides | Suspects |

Details Police have charged a 36-year-old man for allegedly fatally assaulting a man in an argument. In a press release, police say Metro Transit Police found Desmond Joseph unresponsive and suffering... Read More