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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 11, 2018
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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During trial, defense counsel raised speculation about an individual who was arrested on the same night as a homicide.
In 2015, Lenard Wills was allegedly stabbed during an attempted robbery. According to witnesses, Joseph Barbour, Willie Glover and Charles McRae barged into a crowded apartment on the 700 block of 24th street, NE with masks and guns. Barbour, Glover and McRae are charged with first-degree murder while armed for Wills’ death.
According to a Metropolitan Police Department detective, who was leading the investigation, there was an individual, who the detective called belligerent. Surveillance video showed the man ducking back and forth beneath the police tape near the apartment complex.
Police arrested the man, who claimed he was just doing the Limbo, a dance that originated from the slave trade. The man apparently had a kitchen knife in his waistband.
A D.C. Deputy Medical Examiner told the jury that the murder weapon was possibly a kitchen knife.
According to the detective, there wasn’t any visible blood on the knife. However, Glover’s attorney said that small traces of blood are not necessarily visible to the naked eye.
The detective said officers did not attempt to investigate whether the man had any connection to the apartment where the stabbing occurred, saying the stabber would have had some blood on his clothes or body.
Counsel moved to closing statements on July 10. The jury is expected to deliberate on July 12.