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- September 22, 2020
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On Sept. 22, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled a two-day preliminary hearing for a first-degree murder defendant.
Kyree Fields is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the death of Keith Rawlings. Rawlings, 23, was shot to death on July 26 on the 800 block of Chesapeake Street, SE.
According to court documents, Fields, 20, was identified by surveillance footage and arrested on Sept. 9. He has been held at DC Jail since his arrest.
Defense attorney Kevann Gardner requested a two-day preliminary hearing to determine if the case has enough evidence to go to trial.
He also requested access to the Body Worn Camera footage from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) as soon as possible.
“There might be hours of camera footage to go through and it would not be reasonable for us to receive that during the hearing,” said Gardner.
Judge Michael O’Keefe asked Gardner to formally petition Judge Juliet McKenna, the case judge, to order the release of the footage.
Fields’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 26 and Oct. 27.