Hearing for Murder Case Vacated

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A March 5 mental observation hearing for a murder defendant was vacated.

Brandon Byrd is charged with second-degree murder while armed and carrying a dangerous weapon outside a home or business for allegedly stabbing his father Otis Byrd, 44, on the 100 block of Michigan Avenue, NW in 2016.

DC Superior Court Judge Michael Ryan scheduled Byrd for a mental observation hearing on April 7.

Byrd, 25, has been held at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, DC’s psychiatric institution, for over four years now and is still currently considered incompetent to stand trial.

Sarah Gebrengus wrote this article.

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