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By
Bersabel Ephrem [former]
- August 23, 2022
Court
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Daily Stories
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Homicides
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stabbing
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Suspects
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Victims
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During an Aug. 23 hearing, a defendant pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed.
On March 24, 2018, Metropolitan Police Department officers found 31-year-old Derrick Wright stabbed to death on a sidewalk in front of the 1300 block of Florida Avenue, NE. He was suffering from a stab wound to his chest and neck, according to court documents. Wright was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
On April 11, 2018, Larry Brown, 35, was arrested and initially charged with second-degree murder while armed for Wright’s murder.
According to the proffer of facts, Brown and Wright engaged in an argument in the early morning of March 25, 2018, on the 1300 block of Florida Avenue, NE. Brown was given a sharp weapon. He stabbed the victim three times before fleeing. The victim had no weapons on him.
DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan scheduled Brown to be sentenced on Dec. 9.