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Metro Bus Footage Captures Fatal Stabbing During Tussle

Details Prosecutors presented Metro bus video surveillance footage allegedly showing a suspect chasing, then fatally confronting a murder victim. The testimony came in a May 15 hearing before DC Superior Court... Read More

Bad Blood Between Two Friends Leads to Stabbing Homicide

Details Attorneys in a homicide trial argued on May 14 their client acted in self-defense after the prosecution showed footage of a fatal stabbing during opening statements before DC Superior Court... Read More

Murder Defendant Waives Right to Test Some Items for DNA Evidence

Details Prosecutors told DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo, in a May 14 hearing, they have already tested key pieces of evidence in a fatal stabbing, including three knives allegedly used... Read More

Judge Finds Probable Cause for Fatal Stabbing, but Grants Suspect’s Release

Details DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein agreed there was probable cause that 49-year-old Wali Shabazz was the perpetrator in a fatal stabbing. Shabazz is charged with second-degree murder while armed... Read More

Convicted Murderer Back in Court for Stabbing Incident

Details Thirty-one-year-old Mussay Rezene was back in court on May 7 in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun, charged with a fatal stabbing incident at the DC Jail. Rezene... Read More

April Sees Steep Spike in DC Homicides, Non-Fatal Shootings

Details According to D.C. Witness data, there were 17 homicide victims and 42 non-fatal shooting victims in April, as reported from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). April data shows a nearly... Read More

Woman Pleads Guilty in Father’s Fatal Stabbing

Details Brittany Gaylor pleaded guilty to the brutal murder of her 70-year-old father in a May 2 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe. During the brief proceeding Gaylor,... Read More

Suspect in Stabbing Rejects Plea Deal

Details A homicide defendant rejected a plea extended by prosecutors before DC Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo in an April 30 hearing. Ravon Slye, 32, is charged with second-degree murder while... Read More

Document: MPD Arrests Southwest Stabbing Suspect

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced the arrest of a suspect, who was taken into custody at a homicide scene, on April 27 on the 100 block of T Street,... Read More

‘Giving You Freedom is What Gets You in Trouble,’ Judge Says to Homicide Defendant During Re-Arrest

Details DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt ordered the re-arrest of a homicide defendant on April 26 after multiple failures to show up to court and positive drug tests. Joseph Ballard,... Read More

Judge Denies Homicide Defendant’s Request to Revoke Stay Away Order from Pregnant Daughter

Details On April 26, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun denied a defendant’s request to dismiss the stay away order from her daughter, who is pregnant. Lewis Jones, 28, is charged... Read More

Document: MPD Seeks Suspect in a Fatal Stabbing in Northwest

Details The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a suspect in connection to a fatal stabbing that occurred on April 4 on the 3000... Read More