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Data Shows Significant Increase in Homicide and Non-Fatal Shooting Rates from January to February

Details According to D.C. Witness data, there was a 77 percent increase in homicides and 69 percent increase in non-fatal shootings in February when compared to numbers from January. As of... Read More

Homicide Defendant Guilty of All Charges

Details On Feb. 15, a homicide defendant was found guilty of all charges before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe. Terrell Poe, 37, was charged with first-degree murder while armed, possession... Read More

Shooting Defendant Acquitted of All Charges

Details On Feb. 15, a non-fatal shooting defendant was acquitted of all charges in front of DC Superior Court Lynn Leibovitz. Jose Zuniga, 28, was charged with assault with a dangerous... Read More

Data Shows Significant Decrease in Homicide Rate from December 2023 to January 2024

Details According to D.C. Witness data, there was a 59 percent decrease in homicides in January when compared to numbers from December 2023. January had nine homicides and 13 non-fatal shootings,... Read More

Jury Convicts Road Rage Shooting Defendant

Details On Jan. 24, following a multi-week long trial, a jury convicted a defendant accused of a road rage shooting incident in DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt’s courtroom. Kenneth Davis,... Read More

Annual Homicide Rate Increased Nearly Fifty Percent Since 2015, D.C. Witness Data Shows

Details While judges expressed their concerns about the troubling rise of crime in the city, and the city council tried to come up with solutions, 2023 turned out to be a... Read More

Jury Convicts Murder Defendant

Details On Jan. 11, following a weeks-long trial and deliberation, a jury delivered a verdict for a homicide case in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun. Mussye Rezene, 31,... Read More

Data Shows 22 Homicides in December Ending The District’s Deadliest Year in Decades

Details D.C. Witness data shows that in December 2023 there were seven non-fatal shootings and 22 homicides in the District. Of those 22 homicides, three were stabbings and the rest shootings. ... Read More

Family Members Argue, Removed from Courtroom During Murder Sentencing

Details On Nov. 28, a verbal altercation between the families of a homicide victim and the defendant resulted in the removal of both groups during a sentencing in front of DC... Read More

Imposing Sentence Judge Says to Murder Defendant, ‘You Have to Start by Forgiving yourself’

Details On Nov. 27, Darquise Montgomery was sentenced to 12 years in prison by DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt in an emotional hearing. Montgomery, 20, was originally charged with first-degree... Read More

Opening Statements Delivered in 2018 Homicide trial

Details On Nov.15, opening statements and witness testimony were presented in a homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt. Marquette Jordan, 32, is charged with second-degree murder while armed,... Read More

Acquitted: Judge Denies Motion to Suppress Witness Identification

Details Editor’s note: On May 30, a jury acquitted Devonte Brothers of all charges connected to the homicide of Deron Leake. Brothers is still being held on homicide charges in another... Read More