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March Homicides Increase by 50% from February

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 12, 2022
Data | Featured | Homicides | Suspects |

Details There were 15 homicides in March, approximately a 50 percent increase from the previous month. In comparison, 13 homicides happened in March of last year. Three people have been arrested... Read More

Percentage of Shooting Related Homicides Stays Relatively The Same

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 11, 2022
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Details The percentage of homicides stemming from shootings between Jan. 1 and March 31 of each year has stayed mostly consistent, regardless of the number of homicides. Read More

Murder Trial Continues With Prosecutors Calling 7 Witnesses to Testify

Details A murder trial continued with prosecutors calling seven witnesses, including forensic and medical experts, a police officer and the defendant’s close friend. Marquette Jordan, 30, is charged with first-degree murder... Read More

Double Homicide Case has Enough Evidence to Go to Trial, Judge Rules

Details A Metropolitan Police Department detective continued his testimony on a double homicide investigation during the second day of the defendant’s preliminary hearing, which ended with a DC Superior Court judge... Read More

Murder Defendant Set to Go on Trial in 2024

Details A DC Superior Court judge scheduled a murder defendant to go on trial in 2024. On the afternoon of June 28, 2020, Metropolitan Police Department officers found 20-year-old Antwon Duncan on... Read More

DC Homicides are Focused in Southeast, Data Shows

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 28, 2022
Data | Featured | Homicides |

Details This heatmap covers homicides from the beginning of 2018 to the end of 2021. Data indicates homicides have increased over the last four years, rising by an average of 4.9%... Read More

DC Homicide Count Lower in First Quarter of 2022 Compared to Same Period in 2021

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 28, 2022
Data | Featured | Homicides |

Details There have been slightly fewer homicides between Jan. 1 and March 27 of 2022 compared to the same time period in 2021, according to D.C. Witness data. Read More

Jury Decisions in Murder Trials Stagnate

Details Six murder trials have concluded in the DC Superior Court since the suspension of jury trials due to the COVID-19 pandemic was lifted. The court did not hold jury trials... Read More

Man Pleads Guilty to 2006 Sexual Assault

Details A man accused of sexually assaulting a stranger back in 2006 accepted a plea offer. According to prosecutors, on Jan. 27, 2006, Landrell Jordan pulled a gun on a woman... Read More

Domestic Violence Defendant Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Sexual Abuse

Details A defendant accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl he has known for her entire life accepted a plea deal from the prosecution. Jerry Barton was initially charged with first-degree... Read More

Deadly Shooting Case Approaches Indictment

Details A prosecutor announced they plan to formally indict a defendant by the end of March. On Sept. 17, 2020, 38-year-old Phillip Roache was found on the 7000 block of 5th... Read More

Sexual Assault Defendant Scheduled for Trial After Rejecting Plea Offer

Details A sexual abuse defendant rejected a prosecutor’s plea offer and is now scheduled to go to trial next year. The 33-year-old defendant is accused of attacking a woman who was... Read More