March 2022 - D.C. Witness

Document: Police Arrest Suspect in 4th Street Homicide

Details On March 8, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested 44-year-old Dejuan Bell, charging him with the murder of 34–year-old Davon Childs on the 2300 block of 4th Street NE. Read More

Jury Finds Defendant Guilty of First-Degree Murder While Armed in 2014 Stabbing

Details One day after attorneys delivered closing arguments, a jury found Mark Bowser guilty of murdering Tracy Womack in a Marshall Heights neighborhood apartment complex nearly eight years ago. Womack was 39-years-old... Read More

Judge Sets New Trial Date for Man Charged in Child’s Fatal Shooting

Details A DC Superior Court judge set a retrial date for the defendant charged in 11-year-old Karon Brown‘s death after his first trial ended with a partial verdict. Tony McClam was... Read More

Domestic Homicide Defendant Accepts Plea Deal for Murder of Pregnant Woman in January

Details A defendant accepted a plea deal for the murder of a pregnant woman in January. On Jan. 19, 27-year-old Sierra Johnson was in the driver’s seat of her car, stopped... Read More

After Four Days of Trial, a 2014 Murder Case was Handed to the Jury

Details Mark Bowser is accused of stabbing 39-year-old Tracy Womack more than 40 times during the early hours of Sept. 20, 2014, in an apartment on the 4600 Block of Benning... Read More

Murder Defendant Set to Go on Trial in 2024

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a murder defendant to go on trial in 2024. On the afternoon of June 28, 2020, Metropolitan Police Department officers found 20-year-old Antwon Duncan on... Read More

Murder Trial Continues into Day 3

Details A murder trial centered on a fatal stabbing that occurred nearly eight years ago continued into its third day. Mark Bowser, 39, is on trial for the death of 39-year-old... Read More

Murder Trial Continues Into First Day of Witness Testimony

Details A murder trial continued with prosecutors calling five people to the witness stand. The witnesses included the victim’s ex-wife, three police officers and a crime scene technician. The defendant, Marquette... Read More

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Deadly Congress Heights Shooting

Details A 31-year-old defendant pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a man in a commercial area of the Congress Heights neighborhood. On Oct. 6, 2018, 26-year-old Marquis Jones was found dead from... Read More

Man Arraigned on 14 Charges in Triple Shooting That Killed 2

Details A man accused of shooting three women, killing two of them, was arraigned on 14 charges. Keanan Turner is alleged to have fatally shot 48-year-old Wanda Wright and her 32-year-old... Read More

Judge Finds Probable Cause for Defendants Accused of Deadly Robbery

Details A Metropolitan Police Department detective took the witness stand to shed light on his investigation into an alleged robbery that turned deadly. A DC Superior Court judge ultimately ruled that... Read More

DC Homicides are Focused in Southeast, Data Shows

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 28, 2022
Data | Featured | Homicides |

Details This heatmap covers homicides from the beginning of 2018 to the end of 2021. Data indicates homicides have increased over the last four years, rising by an average of 4.9%... Read More

Month: March 2022