Man Pleads Guilty to Murder

By D.C. Witness Staff - February 4, 2019
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On Feb. 1, a defendant accepted a plea deal for second-degree murder.

Ja’Vonte Brown is charged with second degree murder for his alleged role in the shooting death of 26-year-old Carl Gray on the 3100 block of Buena Vista Terrace, SE in Jan 2017.

Prosecutors said that Brown was in a verbal argument with Gray and another man, who was shot and survived. Surveillance footage corroborated that Brown left the location of the incident after the argument, only to return and shoot both individuals.

In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors dropped Brown’s attempted murder charge.  Brown’s initial charge of first-degree murder was also reduced to second-degree murder.

A status hearing is scheduled on Oct. 18.