Case Acquitted: Prosecutors Cross Examine Defendant in Domestic Homicide Case

By Jaclyn Sersland [former] , Sydnee Bridges [former] - August 18, 2023
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Green was acquitted of murder on Aug. 24, 2023.

On Aug. 17, DC Superior Judge Marisa Demeo heard more testimony in a 2021 domestic homicide case.

Tamika Green, 37, is charged with second-degree murder, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and carrying a pistol without a license, for allegedly murdering her boyfriend on Feb. 20, 2020 in an apartment on the 1600 block of 18th Street, SE. 

Bryan Tate Jr., 37, died from gunshot wounds sustained in his shoulder and hip. Defense attorneys say Green was acting in self-defense during a physical altercation with Tate. 

The trial was delayed until two p.m. because Green had a medical issue. US Marshals allegedly took away needed medicine, and as a result, she had to return to the jail to see a doctor to get the required medication, before continuing her testimony.

As a continuance of her testimony from Aug. 16, Green told prosecutors she locked the locks outside the metal door to their apartment so Tate would have to wait for an ambulance since he couldn’t get help on his own. 

She said she called 911 as she was leaving the apartment to get Tate help. However, she said she never told the dispatchers to send an ambulance. She also admitted to hanging up without telling the dispatchers that Tate was shot, and she did not answer the phone when they returned her call.  

Green said she took the murder weapon, a gun allegedly owned by Tate, with her as she was fleeing the apartment, and dumped it down a sewer drain while on the way to her cousin’s house in Maryland that night.

Green finished her testimony and defense attorneys called on another one of Tate’s former girlfriend who said she had a temporary protective order imposed against Tate in 2006. 

The woman testified that she did not remember what exactly happened but she does recall the pair engaged in heated arguments.

The trial is set to continue on Aug 18.