Defense Suggests Alternative Suspect, Requests Witness’s Identity

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 16, 2019
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A murder defendant’s defense attorney requested the identity of a witness that he said he believes is the real suspect.

Demetrius Pierce, also known as Orlando Little, is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly shooting 68-year-old Nazir Ahmad on Nov. 3, 2018, on the 900 block of Brentwood Road, NE.

During a status hearing on July 12, Pierce’s attorney, Jeffrey Stein, said he needed to investigate the person who a Metropolitan Police Department homicide detective questioned in connection to the murder. In order to conduct a sufficient investigation, Stein said he needed to know the person’s true identity.

DC Superior Court Judge Todd E. Edelman agreed and postponed the issue for two weeks.

According to court documents, surveillance footage of the Valero Gas Station Food Mart captured a suspect wearing a black North Face jacket, light blue ripped jeans, black shoes, black gloves and a baseball cap. A baseball cap with Pierce’s DNA was located at a McDonald’s approximately a block away from the crime scene.

Apparently, the witness told police that he drove the Pierce, 33, to a McDonald’s where he met another man. The witness said he dropped both men at a location on the 1900 block of Gallaudet Street, NE.

Court documents state that a cash register and a piece of paper with the gas station’s address were in a small building at the location on Gallaudet Street.

Judge Edelman scheduled a felony status conference on Aug. 22.