Drug Program Director Contradicts Defendant’s Alibi

By D.C. Witness Staff - August 8, 2018
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

A director with a local drug rehabilitation program contradicted a murder defendant’s alibi when he confirmed that the defendant was not actually in treatment at the time of the murder.

Sean Green is charged with felony murder while armed for allegedly shooting Derrick Black in 2015. Black, 24, was shot and run over by a car on the 3300 block of Georgia Avenue, NW.

The director of the Clean and Sober Streets program said Green’s start date in the program was on Aug. 10, 2015, more than a week after the murder. Green, 27, initially told police that he was in a drug treatment program at the time of the shooting and had nothing to do with it. Green left the program on Sept. 24, 2015, according to the director.

A gun magazine with Green’s DNA  on it, which was recovered from the crime scene, was capable of holding 10 cartridges. There were three cartridges left in the magazine and seven casings were found on the scene.

In addition to the director’s testimony, the jury also heard from a witness who said he saw Black on the night of the shooting. The witness said he saw Black waving his shirt “as if he was flashing something.” The witness said Black had a gun in his waistband and that it was visible when he lifted his shirt.

The trial is scheduled to resume on Aug. 8.