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Document: Double Homicide in Southwest, DC

Details Metropolitan Police Department detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on Jan. 21. At approximately 6:43 p.m., officers responded to the Unit block of Forrester Street, SW, for the report... Read More

Defendant in Fatal Shooting Case Accepts Plea Deal

Details Approximately three-and-a-half months after a man was fatally shot in Truxton Circle, the defendant charged in his death pleaded guilty to manslaughter. During the late evening of Oct. 6, 2021,... Read More

Plea Offer in Fatal Hit-and-Run Case to Stay Open for Another Month

Details A man facing murder charges for his alleged role in a motor vehicle collision that killed two people received more time to consider a plea offer. On May 31, 2020,... Read More

Judge Takes Child Sex Abuse Defendant Off GPS Monitoring

Details A DC Superior Court judge granted an attorney’s request to take a child sex abuse defendant off GPS monitoring. The defendant is charged with two counts of second-degree child sex... Read More

Parties Hold Off Scheduling Murder Trial, Citing COVID’s Impact on Court Operations

Details Parties held off setting trial dates for a man charged with murder for his alleged role in a 2018 traffic fatality. Roger Hamilton is charged with second-degree murder, driving under... Read More

Judge Schedules Preliminary Hearing for Triple Homicide Case One Day After New Arrest

Details Two days after police made their most recent arrest in connection with a mass shooting that killed three people last September, a DC Superior Court judge scheduled a preliminary hearing... Read More

Document: Suspect Arrested for Second-Degree Murder While Armed

Details A suspect has been arrested in connection with a homicide in Northwest, DC. At approximately 8:52 p.m. on Jan. 10, officers responded to the scene for the sound of gunshots,... Read More

Judge Releases Defendant Due to DC Jail’s Inability To Treat His Injuries

Details A sex abuse defendant was released after a DC Superior Court judge decided that his injuries were too complicated for the DC Jail to handle. The defendant’s leg injury first... Read More

Judge Reschedules Murder Trial to Begin Sooner

Details Parties in a murder case agreed to reschedule the defendants’ trial to begin approximately one month earlier. Co-defendants Tony Morgan and Martinez Raynor are accused of traveling to a holiday market... Read More

Document: Suspect Arrested in September Homicide

Details A suspect has been arrested in connection with a homicide that occurred on Sept. 18, 2021. At approximately 9:20 p.m., officers responded to the 1300 block of Nicholson Street, NW,... Read More

Document: 27-Year-Old Homicide Victim

By D.C. Witness Staff - January 20, 2022
Daily Stories | Homicides | Shooting |

Details The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating a homicide where a 27-year-old was shot and killed. At approximately 8:04 p.m. on Jan. 19 officers responded to the 2500 block of Georgia... Read More

Document: Murder Suspect Arrested the Same Day as Incident

Details The Metropolitan Police Department made an arrest in a homicide that occurred that same day. At approximately 12:42 p.m. on Jan. 19, officers reported to the 4000 block of South... Read More