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- February 9, 2021
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A DC Superior Court judge continued a Feb. 8 hearing in a homicide case for a possible resolution.
DeAndre Houston, 20, is charged with first-degree murder while armed in the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Roderick Thomas on Oct. 11, 2018, on the 3200 block of 12th Street, SE.
Houston, 20, was scheduled to go to trial on May 3. During the hearing, Defense attorney Betty Ballester asked Judge Neal Kravitz to vacate the date and schedule a status hearing. Judge Kravitz scheduled one for April 7.
In the meantime, the defendant will remain held at the DC Jail where he’s been since he was apprehended on Nov. 1, 2018.
Houston is also charged with armed robbery, carrying a pistol without a license and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence in this case.