Data Shows Five Mass Shootings in DC in 2024
D.C. Witness recorded a total of five mass shootings in 2024, with 23 total victims. Of those victims, four were homicide victims and 19 were non-fatal shootings victims. The first…
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D.C. Witness recorded a total of five mass shootings in 2024, with 23 total victims. Of those victims, four were homicide victims and 19 were non-fatal shootings victims. The first…
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There were 11 homicide incidents with 15 victims in August as well as ten non-fatal shooting events wounding ten people, according to D.C. Witness data compiled on Sept. 6. That’s…
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A DC Superior Court judge released one defendant and continued an arraignment of another on Oct. 9. Arntae Jackson and Antonio Williams are charged with contempt of a Civil Protection…
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A DC Superior Court judge released one defendant and continued an arraignment of another on Oct. 9. Arntae Jackson and Antonio Williams are charged with contempt of a Civil Protection…
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A murder defendant pleaded guilty Oct. 18 to murdering his stepbrother. Antonio Williams,39, is charged with first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during a violent crime and unlawful possession of…
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During a status hearing Nov. 1, a DC Superior Court judge granted the defense’s request for a continuance and set a new trial date. Antonio Williams is charged with second-degree murder…
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September 2017 saw the number of homicides in DC reduced by half from the year before – from 20 in 2016 to 10 this year. There have been arrests in…
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MPD arrested and charged a suspect on Sept. 18. with Antwaun Smith’s murder. Antonio Williams, 36, has been charged with second-degree murder while armed. Smith, 41, was found suffering from an…
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Detectives are investigating a fatal shooting that took place Sept. 10 in the 600 block of Newton Place, NW. Antwaun Smith, 41, was discovered suffering from a gunshot wound around…
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Prosecutors presented evidence on Aug. 7 of an alleged co-conspirator’s prior arrest to show to what they describe as “storing and stockpiling” of weapons before and after a mass shooting….
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Social media evidence was presented to jurors in a co-defendant homicide, conspiracy trial before DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on July 1 revealing the presence of firearms in the…
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On the third day of trial for a multi-defendant murder and gang affiliation case, prosecutors introduced online messaging and video evidence for past crimes of the alleged co-conspirators to a…
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