Homeowner Testifies in Long standing Double Homicide Case

By Isabella Quink [former] - May 3, 2023
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The owner of a home where a double murder took place testified in a May 2 hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt he was in the house when the crime occurred.

Alphonso Walker, 45, is being charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed with aggravating circumstances, two counts of first-degree murder while armed while committing or attempting to commit a robbery, six counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, two counts of attempting to commit robbery and two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior conviction in connection to the deaths of Dalonte Wilson, 23, and Antone Brown, 44, near the 400 block of 61 Street, NE on April 25, 2018. Walker has been held in the DC Jail since December of 2018. 

On Tuesday, the homeowner stated he was in a room with two others on the first floor when he heard gunshots that seemed close. One of the individuals in the room then turned off the lights.

“Give me the fucking money,” witnesses overheard someone say.

Brown and another individual entered the room allegedly looking for money. When none was found and they exited the room, the witness heard one of the individuals say “I’m not gonna ask again,” and then a final gunshot went off.

Another witness, who was in the room at the time, made an in-court identification of Walker during testimony. However, she had previously testified that she would not be able to identify the shooter by appearance and only by voice.

The witness was convicted of perjury in 1989, when she accepted money to drop charges against a man who allegedly stabbed her.

Trial is scheduled to resume May 3.