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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- October 23, 2018
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On Oct. 22, the defense questioned the reliability of an eyewitness’s observation.
The defendant, Anthony Waters is charged with first-degree murder while armed and related gun charges for allegedly shooting 37-year-old Derrick Harris on the 2600 block of Birney Place, SE.
According to court documents, an eyewitness saw the murder from a bedroom window. But, pictures, which were shown to the jury, showed trees blocking the view of where Harris was murdered outside of the apartment building.
A detective on the case told the jury that another witness said Waters, 51, who was also known as Reds, and Harris, who was also known as Fats, got into an argument because Harris “snitched” on a close friend of Waters in a 1988 murder trial, causing the friend a life sentence.
The detective also said the witness told him that “Reds came through the cut and shot Fats.” It is unknown whether the witness actually saw the homicide or heard about it from someone else.
Waters decided not to testify in the trial.