A defendant who was arrested for assault with intent to kill last year had his charges upgraded to second-degree murder while armed after the victim succumbed to his injuries last October and his death was ruled a homicide.
At around 2:52 p.m. on July 30, 2019, 23 year old Daquan Brooks allegedly fired a handgun at 52 year-old Leon Williams following a traffic related dispute on the 3rd Street Tunnel near Massachusetts Avenue, NW, according to a press release.
Brooks was arrested for assault with intent to kill on Aug. 5, 2019.
Williams succumbed to his injuries on Oct. 22. An autopsy determined the cause of death to be complications from gunshot wounds.
The charged against Brooks were upgraded on Dec. 16.
