Homicides Rise in May by More than 50 Percent

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 5, 2020
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After a slight increase in April and no fluctuation in March or February, the homicide count in May rose by nearly 60 percent as of June 5.

There were 19 homicides in May, the highest count Washington, DC has experienced in 2020. According to D.C. Witness data, there were 12 homicides in April and 11 homicides in both March and February. In January D.C. Witness data showed that there were 15 homicides.

There have been 70 homicides in 2020 as of June 5. Data shows that there were also 70 homicides in Washington, DC in the same time period last year.

There were 15 gun-related homicides, two vehicular homicides and one homicide that resulted from arson in May.

Police have apprehended Kyle Alexander Wooden, Daniel Fleetwood and D’Aundrey Scott.

The Metropolitan Police Department counts 68 homicides, excluding a traffic fatality in which Wooden was arrested and charged with second-degree murder for the deaths of 81-year-old Donald Malloy and 79-year-old Mattie Young on May 31.

He has been released to home confinement as of June 2.

Fleetwood is being held at DC Jail without bail for charges connected to a domestic violence homicide of 26-year-old Shana Donahue.

Scott is also being held without bail for charges connected to the arson-related death of 62-year-old Darryl Finney.