Police have announced the arrest of Kelby Ronald Gordon of Southeast, D.C. Read more »

Kelby Gordon was found guilty July 23 of murdering Gabriel Carlos Turner.  After two days of deliberation, a jury convicted Gordon, 32, of second-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill while armed and related firearm offenses. Read more »

During closing arguments July 18, the defense and prosecution debated the validity of two witness testimonies that implicated the murder defendant.  Kelby Gordon is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting Gabriel Carlos Turner on the 2600 block of Birney Place, SE in early 2016. Read more »

During a 2016 murder trial, the defendant's ex-girlfriend told the jury Gabriel Carlos Turner's death was a robbery gone wrong. Read more »

Gabriel Carlos Turner was unknowingly caught in the middle of a dangerous situation that resulted in his death, according to the prosecution. Read more »

A jury in DC Superior Court’s Danya Dayson’s courtroom convicted one homicide co-defendant and acquitted the other on June 5. Read more »

The prosecution claimed co-defendants planned and carried out a fatal shooting as retaliation for their friend's murder in a retrial before DC Superior Court Judge Danya Dayson on May 12. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman issued a bench warrant for a murder defendant on probation in a hearing on Jan. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park scheduled a new trial in May of 2026 for two homicide co-defendants on June 25, after their first trial ended in a mistrial. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman pronounced murder defendant Carlos Turner’s, 27, sentence on June 5, suspending all but time served, effectively releasing him.  Turner pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of Michael Taylor, 21, in a shooting that took Taylor’s life and injured two additional victims on the 1700 block of Benning Road, NE, on Jan. Read more »

Lawyers for two co-defendants urged the jury to doubt the credibility of the prosecution's star witness during closing statements in a homicide trial before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on May 20.  Alonzo Brown, 28, and Naquel Henderson, 27, are charged with first-degree murder while armed, conspiracy to commit a crime of violence, five counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and four counts of assault with intent to kill while armed. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park refused to allow the testimony of a witness called in by Steven Kiersh, defense attorney for Alonzo Brown, during court proceedings on May 19. Read more »

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officer who identified Alonzo Brown in a homicide investigation was familiar with Brown and his alleged victim for many years, according to testimony given before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on May 12. Read more »

The trial in a fatal shooting case continued on May 7 before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park with a witness recounting how the bloody victim pleaded for help. Read more »

The prosecution introduced emotional footage of the aftermath of a fatal-shooting from Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers' body-worn cameras during a trial before DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park on May 6.  Alonzo Brown, 28, and Naquel Henderson, 27, are charged with first-degree murder while armed, conspiracy to commit a crime of violence, five counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and four counts of assault with intent to kill while armed. Read more »