May 2024 - Page 3 of 15

Emotional Victim of Shooting Testifies, ‘I Still Feel Pain To This Day’

Details The fifty-seven-year-old victim of a shooting incident testified on May 30 in front of DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo and his alleged perpetrator. He expressed his terror and shock... Read More

Emotional Shooting Victim Testifies, ‘I Still Feel Pain To This Day’

Details The 57-year-old victim of a shooting incident testified on May 30 in front of DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo and his alleged perpetrator. The victim expressed his terror and... Read More

Document: MPD Searching for Southeast Shooting Suspects

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 30, 2024
Daily Stories | Documents | Shooting |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is seeking the public’s assistance in locating two suspects who shot a teenager on May 13 on the 3500 block of Minnesota Avenue, SE. According... Read More

Document: MPD Investigating Fatal Southeast Shooting

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred on May 22 on the 4800 block of Alabama Avenue, SE. According to MPD documents, officers responded to... Read More

Document: Wanted Suspect Apprehended for Northeast Shooting

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 30, 2024
Daily Stories | Documents | Shooting | Suspects |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced a suspect was apprehended in connection to a shooting that occurred on April 23 on the 4800 block of North Capitol Street, NE. According... Read More

Acquitted: ‘We Are at the Doorstep of a Wrongful Conviction,’ Says Defense Attorney in Homicide Trial

Details Editor’s note: On May 30, a jury acquitted Devonte Brothers of all charges connected to the homicide of Deron Leake. Brothers is still being held on homicide charges in another... Read More

Lead Detective Testifies in a High School Shooting Case

By Aryana Zakeri [former] , Carmen Quinteros [former] - May 29, 2024
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting | Suspects |

Details Video evidence was presented before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan in a co-defendants non-fatal shooting in a May 28 hearing. Azhari Graves, 18, is charged with two counts of... Read More

Defendant Gets Consecutive Sentence After Committing Another Crime

Details Parties in a 2018 homicide case argued whether a defendant’s new sentence should be served concurrently or consecutively to a previously imposed penalty before DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan,... Read More

Case Acquitted: Identity Expert Testifies for the Defense in a Homicide Case

Details Editor’s note: On May 30, a jury acquitted Devonte Brothers of all charges connected to the homicide of Deron Leake. Brothers is still being held on homicide charges in another... Read More

Judge Continues Detention for Teen Accused of Fatal Beating

Details DC Superior Court Judge Kendra Briggs sided with prosecutors and ordered that a 13-year-old murder suspect should remain in the custody of the DC Youth Rehabilitation Services (DYRS) agency until... Read More

Defendant’s Ex-Girlfriend Testifies About Rocky Relationship with the Suspect

Details A shooting defendant’s ex-girlfriend, who is alleged to have been with him during the incident, told a jury in DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo’s courtroom that she had never... Read More

Judge Sentences Remorseful Homicide Defendant to 20 Years

Details DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo sentenced a homicide defendant to 20 years for his involvement in a 2022 murder, during a hearing on May 29. Travon Diggs, 30, was... Read More

Month: May 2024