A 22-year-old was fatally shot Tuesday.
Herbert Dowtin, was found shot multiple times in the 800 block of Xenia St. SE on Tuesday afternoon. Dowtin was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
Police have not yet released any suspect information.
Police have charged a man with the murder of 46-year-old Tricia McCauley who went missing on Christmas day.
Adrian Duane Johnson, 29, was initially charged with theft and simple assault after an incident at CVS Pharmacy where he allegedly assaulted employees. McCauley’s body was found stuffed inside her own car, which police believe Johnson stole. Police waited until McCauley’s death was ruled a homicide to upgrade the charges to murder.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Interim Police Chief Peter Newsham and Mayor Muriel Bowser urged residents to come forward who may have seen Johnson driving McCauley’s car. Newsham said police did not believe the victim and suspect knew each other before the incident.
Johnson was arrested without force, Newsham said. Johnson is being helpd without bail and is due to appear in court Jan. 13.
A teenager has been charged with murder after police say he caused a fatal accident driving a stolen car while fleeing police.
Police say that on Dec. 23 they observed 17-year-old David Mclane driving a Lexus they believe was stolen in an armed robbery two days prior. While police tried to stop the car, the driver tried to flee. While speeding, the car led to three other accidents– the car first struck a Nissan Altima which spun and struck a tree, and then a Honda Fit. The Honda then struck a Ford Expedition. Police say the driver of the Nissan was killed in the accident, the driver of the Honda was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and the driver of the Ford did not require any medical attention.
The driver of the Honda was identified as 31-year-old Kenneth Edward Morris Jr.
When the Lexus stopped, two males inside the car successfully fled, but the driver was arrested. The driver, Mclane, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. Police say he was charged as an adult.
Mclane was presented in D.C. Superior Court on Saturday and is being held without bail. He is next due to appear in court on January 5.
Police are investigating after a man was killed after a dispute in front of 7-Eleven on Monday.
Interim Police Chief Peter Newsham said at a press conference Tuesday morning that police plan to release surveillance photos of two men they believe were involved in the dispute in the 200 block of Cedar Street, NW. Newsham said the three men were outside the convenience store and arguing when one of the men pulled out a handgun and shot another man. Police have not yet released the victim’s name.
Newsham said the victim was initially taken to the hospital with what they believed were non-life threatening injuries, but he succumbed to his injuries.
Police have charged a man with murder for allegedly beating a man to death, and causing serious harm to another.
Manuel Pupo-Leyvas was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and simple assault. Police have not released the name of the victim who died from his injuries pending notification of their family.
According to police, at around 5:30 a.m. on Friday they found an unconscious male inside of an apartment building. The man was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma to the head and body. Police also found a second male near the apartment building who was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Pupo-Leyvas was presented in D.C. Superior Court Saturday and ordered held without bail. He is due to appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Jan. 6.
Police say two men were shot Friday night, one fatally.
Damien Keith Thomas, 29, and another man were found in the 2200 block of Mount View Place SE with what appeared to be gunshot wounds. Though both men were taken to the hospital, Thomas died from his injuries. According to police, the second man is in critical condition.
Police have not yet released any suspect information.
Terry Crutchfield, known as “Tubbs” by friends, was fatally shot in the back during a drug robbery, according to documents filed in D.C. Superior Court.
Details of Crutchfield’s murder were made available in an arrest warrant requesting Clinton Wolmack be charged with murder. Wolmack was arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed.
According to an arrest warrant, Crutchfield and a group of other people were inside an apartment at 1501 Olive Street NE on Dec. 6 when Wolmack and another man entered the apartment with handguns, demanding drugs. While some of the people inside the apartment escaped by jumping out of the apartment window and hiding, according to the warrant and video surveillance, Crutchfield was shot and left to die in the kitchen.
Wolmack was identified as the shooter by witnesses inside and outside the apartment, and police corroborated his location with video surveillance, accoridg to the warrant. In describing Wolmack, witnesses said the two shooters knew each other after serving in jail together. According to court records, Wolmack was serving prison time for firearm charges. He was released in 2015, according to the warrant.
Wolmack is being held without bail and is due to appear in court Jan. 9.
One of the three men charged with the murder of Matthew Shevlin in a botched drug robbery was sentenced to 24 years in prison.
Joseph Jennings., Jr. killed Shevlin after he and two other men tried to break into Shevlin’s apartment to steal drugs. Jennings was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, but accepted a plea deal which reduced the charge to second-degree murder while armed.
Two other men have also been charged in the case and their cases are still ongoing. Eugene Sherman, charged with first-degree murder was also offered a plea deal but rejected the offer. David Harvey’s case is also pending.
Jennings entered the guilty plea in October in exchange for the lesser charge. According to prosecutors, Jennings and the two other men plotted to break into Shevlin’s apartment and steal marijuana. When Jennings and one of the men with him broke into the building, Shelvin fled from the building. Jennings chased Shevlin and fought with him, but Shevlin escaped. Shevlin threw a flower pot at the man accompanying Jennings when the man tried stealing marijuana out of Shevlin’s apartment. Jennings then shot Shevlin multiple times.
The man charged with the murder of Terry Crutchfield was ordered held without bail today until his preliminary hearing next month.
Police on Tuesday charged Clinton Womack with first-degree murder while armed for the alleged murder of Crutchfield earlier this month. Womack was arraigned on the charge in D.C. Superior Court Wednesday where Judge Renee Raymond ordered him held.
Womack was assigned a public defender and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 9.
According to police, Womack fatally shot Crutchfield inside a home at 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 6. Responding officers found Crutchfield dead at the scene in the 1500 block of Olive St. NE.
Police are again circulating a photo and hoping to find Herman Lee Cook, Jr. who they say is responsible for the murder of Donald Stephen Johnson, Jr. in August.
According to police, Cook fatally shot Johnson a little after 7 p.m. on August 8. Police initially circulated a photo of Cook a few days after the shooting and have again released his information while asking for the public’s assistance in locating him. Police warn that Cook is considered armed and dangerous.
Cook, wanted on charges of second-degree murder while armed, is described as a 45-year-old black male. He is 5’8″ tall, weighing 250 pounds with a medium complexion. Cook has brown eyes and black hair with a bald spot on the top of his head.
Johnson was found suffering from gunshot wounds in the 5700 block of Georgia Ave. NW on August 8.
A woman has been charged with the murder of Levi Kinte Davis last September.
Police on Thursday announced the arrest of Carmelita Henderson, 49. Henderson has been charged with first-degree murder while armed.
According to police, Davis, 38, was found shot in the 4200 block of East Capitol St. NE, on the night of Sept. 16. Davis was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
Henderson was arrested Wednesday and is expected to be presented in D.C. Superior Court Thursday afternoon.
The sentencing for the man charged with killing a 19-year-old last February was delayed.
Andre Herndon Jr. was due to be sentenced on charges relating to the February 2015 shooting of Navontae Howard at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. Arrested in June 2016 in connection with Howard’s death, Herndon was charged with second-degree murder while armed.
Following a family emergency with the presiding judge, Jose M. Lopez, Herdon’s sentencing has been pushed back to an unknown date.
Prior to his death, Navontae Howard, Herndon’s victim, had clashed with the defendant in street-related conflicts. A member of the Benning/Trepark group situated in 37 Street, SE, Herndon was said to be motivated by having been previously jumped by members of Mactown. Mactown, from 34 St. and Minnesota Avenue, SE, is a longtime rival of the Benning/Trepark group, and is said to be the group with whom Howard identified.
The rival groups clashed on the 3500 block of East Capitol St. on February 3, 2015. Following verbal arguments, witnesses reported that Herndon removed a handgun and initiated shooting between the two groups.
It is unknown at this time when Herndon’s sentencing will be scheduled.
Police believe 16-year-old Breyona McMillian was not the intended target in the November 25 shooting that claimed her life.
Saeve Evans, who was initially deemed a person of interest in the Southeast Washington shooting, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with McMillian’s death. These charges are an upgrade from his initial charge of unlawful possession of a firearm.
According to the arrest warrant for Evans’ most recent charges, police believe Evans was intending to injure the occupants of a black Nissan that had pulled up to the Potomac Gardens Apartment housing complex at the time of the shooting. The vehicle pulled up as Evans, McMillian and others lounged outside of the Potomac Gardens complex. As described by police, Evans began shooting at the vehicle as it came to a stop in front of the building. Police are alleging that that McMillian was killed by the shots Evans had intended for the occupants of the Nissan.
Police received information that Evans was high at the time of the shooting and discharged his weapon out of paranoia. It is noted in the warrant for Evans’ arrest that police received tips that the Nissan belonged to rivals of the Potomac Gardens apartment complex. The warrant specifically notes that police received a tip that it belonged to “Black Sean,” a known enemy of Evans. “Black Sean” has been determined to have been elsewhere at the time of the murder.
The warrant for Evans’ arrest also notes that 15 of the 16 9mm shell casings that were recovered from the scene were found in the area where Evans was seen firing his gun in surveillance footage. Police also examined the black Nissan present at the scene and determined that all damage sustained by the car had come from its exterior. Additionally, it was found that no shots had been fired from within, and police found no signs or residue of firearms in the vehicle.
Evans has been held without bail since his arrest. His preliminary hearing will be held in January.
A man charged with fatally stabbing another man in the face with a butcher knife pled guilty to second-degree murder while armed today.
Daniel Scott, 36, pleaded guilty to stabbing James Michael Neal, 54, in the face last November.
As part of the deal, Scott will serve 15 years in jail if approved by a judge.
According to details of the agreement, the incident between Scott and Neal began in the evening of Nov. 21, when Scott was involved in an argument with a female panhandler standing outsize a 7-Eleven in the 1100 block of South Capitol St. SW. Scott began swinging a knife at the woman who was accompanied by a male. When the pair left, Scott followed them, and confronted them and stabbed Neal once in the face.
Neal died from his injuries a day later.
Scott is due to be sentenced Feb. 24, 2017.
Police have identified the man found fatally shot inside a residence on Nicholson Street as 26-year-old Victor Bolden.
According to police, Bolden was found inside a home in the 600 block of Nicholson St. NE at around 5 p.m. Thursday. Bolden was found with multiple gunshot wounds and was declared dead on the scene.
Police have not yet released any suspect information.
