Judge Sets Trial Date for 2016 Murder

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 5, 2018
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

On July 5, months after the original trial date was set, a DC Superior Court Judge scheduled a new trial date for a 2016 murder.

Paul Swann, 27, and his co-defendant, Traveous Lamont Brown, are charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting Adam Edwin Barker on the 2000 block of Langston Place, SE in 2016.

According to court documents, Barker suffered a single gunshot wound to the back. Apparently, the bullet traveled to Barker’s head and caused significant brain damage.

The murder allegedly happened after Barker, 21, testified against the man charged with his uncle’s murder.

Brown, 28, pled guilty as part of a plea bargain on June 14 and is awaiting sentencing, He is scheduled for a status hearing on July 27.

Swann and Brown’s cases were subsequently severed.

Swann’s was initially scheduled to go to trial on Feb. 28 with Brown as his co-defendant, but it was postponed because the defense wanted to conduct additional DNA testing. Since then, the trial has been rescheduled four times.

During the hearing, Judge Ronna L. Beck set a new trial date for July 11.