Eyewitness IDs Knight as shooter in 2015 homicide

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 7, 2018
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

A lead detective, in a 2015 homicide case, testified March 5 on behalf of an eyewitness who identified Maricco Knight as the shooter.

The detective said the eyewitness, who was Marcellus Green‘s neighbor, said “that’s him, that’s him,” when he saw Knight, 22. Green, 39 was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on the 3200 block of 28th Street, SE on Sept. 19, 2015. He was not the intended target.

However, the detective said Knight was released since his long dreadlocks did not match up with descriptions other witnesses gave of the shooter. According to other witnesses, the shooter had short hair.

Williams is charged with first-degree murder while armed among other charges, including possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, assault with the intent to kill while armed and carrying a pistol without a license. Knight is charged with accessory after the fact to an assault with the intent to kill, soliciting murder, obstruction of justice and accessory after the fact to murder. The third man involved in the homicide, Steven Pugh, 22, took a plea deal. He has not been sentenced.