Victims Archives - D.C. Witness

Preliminary Hearing Brings Evidence in Homicide Case

Details On Nov. 29 DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun heard the first day of evidence to determine if a homicide case can go to trial. Antwain Ulmer, 18, is charged... Read More

Document: Man Arrested for 2022 Homicide in Southeast

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announce the arrest of a man for the 2022 homicide of 32-year-old Clayton Marshall on April 12, 2022. According to MPD documents, officers responded to... Read More

Document: Northeast Shooting Leaves Man Dead

Details The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch are investigating a shooting that killed a man on Nov. 25, on the 1300 block of Florida Avenue, NE. According to MPD documents,... 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

Witness Testifies Argument was ‘Worse Than Fighting Words’ in Funeral shooting

By Sophie Griggs - November 29, 2023
Shooting | Suspects | Victims |

Details On Nov. 28, a witness testified that he does not know where the first gunfire came from in a non-fatal shooting trial in front of DC Superior Court Judge Jason... Read More

Judge Continues Murder Trial Date and Warns Defendant to Stay in Release Compliance

Details On Nov. 28, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan granted defense’s motion to continue a trial date in a homicide case and denied the prosecution’s request to detain the defendant. ... 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

Eyewitness Testifies About Stabbing in 2018 Murder Trial

Details On Nov. 28, an eye witness testified in a 2018 murder trial in front of DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt. Marquette Jordan, 32, is charged with first-degree murder while... Read More

Judge Grants Motion to Modify Release Conditions for Homicide Defendant

Details On Nov. 28, DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan modified the release conditions of a homicide defendant so he could get a job. Dwayne Maurice Brooks, 25, is charged with... Read More

Prosecutor’s Request to Revoke Homicide Defendant’s Release Denied

By Sadie Herman - November 28, 2023
Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects | Victims |

Details On Nov. 28, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun denied a prosecutor’s request to revoke a homicide defendant’s release. Dwayne Fountain, 43, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for... Read More

Homicide Defendant’s Sentencing Postponed a Second Time

Details On Nov. 28, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun continued a homicide defendant’s sentencing for discussion of a pending plea agreement. The decision followed an annulment of his original ruling... Read More

Judge Denies Defendant’s Request For Change of Counsel in Makiyah Wilson Homicide

Details On Nov. 27, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun denied a homicide defendant’s request for a change of counsel. Mark Price, 29, and Antonio Murchison, 30, are two of ten... Read More