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By
Michelle Roldan
- February 26, 2025
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A detective from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan that a homicide defendant was identified as the suspect through social media and surveillance footage in a Feb. 21 proceeding.
Andre Greene, 25, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 29-year-old Lamont Street and 50-year-old Jermaine Proctor, which occurred on July 18, 2024, on the 2200 block of Alabama Avenue SE. Two additional individuals sustained injuries during the incident.
According to court documents, when MPD officers responded to the scene, they found four victims suffering from gunshot wounds, two of whom were in critical condition. Street was discovered lying unconscious in a parking lot and was pronounced dead at the scene, while Proctor was taken to Washington Hospital Center – MedStar for a head injury, but all life-saving efforts were unsuccessful, and he succumbed to his injuries.
The prosecution called on MPD’s lead detective in the case who testified that Greene was one of four suspects as he went over the footage gathered from the crime scene, and the evidence obtained from an Instagram search warrant that was conducted on Greene’s account.
According to the detective, Greene and three other individuals got into a blue Dodge Charger, believed to belong to Greene, and drove to a location near the crime scene, where the suspects switched over to the suspect vehicle, identified as a white Chevy sedan.
The detective testified that surveillance footage shows the suspect pull up to the crime scene, get out of the car and shoot at the victims, injuring four individuals.
During the hearing, the prosecution also presented information from the Instagram search. The probe revealed Instagram story videos from an individual said to be Greene in a blue Dodge Charger, like the one from the crime scene, with the same latitude and longitude.
The videos were reportedly posted about four minutes before Greene allegedly picked up the other three suspects, and about 30 minutes before the shooting.
Additionally, the prosecution showed business records from the search showing messages between Greene and another person, where the defendant asked the person to call a lawyer on his behalf.
Shawn Sukumar, Greene’s attorney, argued that the detective could not verify that the metadata was correct, requesting that part of the detective’s testimony be designated as not credible. Sukumar also argued that that text message asking for a lawyer was not an admission of guilt.
Judge Ryan allowed for the text messages to remain as evidence for possible relevance. Due to time constraints, the detective was unable to conclude his testimony.
The hearing is set to resume on Feb. 28.