DC Homicides, Non-Fatal Shootings Down Sharply From July to August

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There were 11 homicide incidents with 15 victims in August as well as ten non-fatal shooting events wounding ten people, according to D.C. Witness data compiled on Sept. 6. That’s a 50 percent drop from July’s total of 22 homicides and a decline of more than 61.5 percent from the 26 non-fatal shootings reported for July.

There was one double homicide during the month occurring on Aug. 3. The MPD is investigating a shooting that claimed the lives of 33-year-old Antonio Williams, of Capitol Heights, MD, and 18-year-old Terrell Osbourne Jr., of Northwest. Two others were wounded in the incident. Rewards of $25,000 each are being offered for information about the crime.

Also on Aug. 3, thirty-eight-year-old Davon Mangum was fatally shot on the 1500 block of Butler Street, SE. He died at the scene on Aug. 3. The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is searching for a suspect and a $25,000 reward is being offered in the case.

A murder victim has been identified as 32-year-old Ronald Williams of Northeast, DC. On Aug. 28, MPD officers discovered his body with a gunshot wound on the 3200 block of 9th Street, NENE

A $25,000 reward is also being offered for information in the case.

On Aug. 30, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers responded to a report of a stabbing at the 3800 block of South Capitol Street, Southeast. Police found Tiffany Parker, 42, suffering from multiple knife wounds that proved fatal. Adrian Morgan, 64, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. That was the one arrest made in a homicide investigation last month.

On Friday, Aug. 2, MPD officers responded to the 600 block of Division Avenue, NE for a report of a shooting. The victim said she was involved in a verbal argument with one of the suspects who got a firearm from a second individual then began firing at the victim. No one was injured and the suspects fled.

The MPD is looking for a vehicle that was stolen after a shooting on Aug. 13. The suspects approached the victim on the 3100 block of Naylor Road, SE. One fired a handgun striking the victim who was treated at a local hospital.

Eighteen-year-old Mekhi Wilkins of Northwest, DC, was arrested on Aug. 21 and subsequently charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for a shooting that occurred the day before on the 200 block of 37th Place, SE. The victim was getting out of a vehicle when she realized she had been shot. She was treated for minor injuries.