Judge Delays Hearing for Laundromat Homicide

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 18, 2018
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Defense counsel for Keith Sweptson was granted a continuance to push back the date of a preliminary hearing.

The continuance was granted so the defense would have time to review video evidence. The hearing was rescheduled for June 4. The original date was on May 17.

In April, Sweptson, 29, was arrested in connection with the murder of Yusef Turner. Sweptson is accused of beating Turner, 33, to death with the help of another man in a laundromat on the 3500 block of Georgia Ave., NW. He is charged with first-degree murder.

Police are still searching for another suspect related to the homicide.

According to Metropolitan Police Department documents, a witness said there was a physical altercation between Sweptson and Turner a few days before the homicide. Sweptson tried to pull a gun on the decedent, but it dropped during a scuffle, the witness said.

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