Two men were shot, one fatally, in an early morning shooting on Sunday.
According to police, William Arthur Wells Jr. was found dead from a gunshot wound in the 200 block of 55th Street, NE, at around 1:30 a.m. A second male was found later in the 5500 block of Blane Street, NE. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition.
A 29-year-old man was found fatally shot in the chest Thursday afternoon in an apartment building in the Woodland Terrace neighborhood.
Demetrius Stevenson, 29, was found on the landing leading to the third floor of an apartment building at 2734 Langston Place, SE. According to police, he was taken to the hospital but pronounced dead later that afternoon.
Police have arrested a third man for the alleged murder of 32-year-old Cortez Lamont Clark last year.
Wade Rashod Wilson, 20, has been charged with first-degree felony murder while armed. Clark was found dead from apparent stab wounds in the afternoon of Oct. 13, 2015.
According to court documents, Wilson is being held without bail.
Tayvon Felton, 19, and John David Allen, 26, have also been charged with Clark’s death and are being held without bail. All three men are due back in court Friday morning at 9:30 a.m.
Police have released video footage of two men they believe are connected to the murder of 28-year-old Shamel Lancaster earlier this month.
The two men are seen in the video from a variety of angles entering and exiting an establishment.
According to police, Lancaster was found at 2:54 a.m. on May 8 by police responding to a call for an assault. Lancaster was taken to the hospital where he lived until May 12. According to the medical examiner, Lancaster’s death was a result of blunt for trauma to the head.
Police are investigating the shooting death of a 24-year-old man on Wednesday.
Police found Thomas Meriedy with multiple gunshot wounds after they were flagged down by people in the area. Meriedy was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. He was originally found in the 2300 block of Mount View Place, SE.
A man wanted for months by police for the alleged murder of Darnell Lee Richardson has been arrested.
In April, police circulated a photo of Leon Stewart, seeking his arrest for Richardson’s shooting death on March 16. He was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder while armed.
According to police, Richardson was found in the driver’s seat of a car suffering from gunshot wounds. Police determined the actual shooting took place in the 3400 block of Benning Road, NE.
Stewart is being held without bail and is due in court on June 17.
A 44-year-old man from Maryland was fatally shot Thursday.
Police say Dana Hamilton was found in the 800 block of Southern Ave, SE, a little before 3 a.m.
Hamilton, who was found with multiple gunshot wounds, was taken to the hospital where he died.
A 22-year-old male was killed in the Benning Ridge neighborhood Monday.
Police found Tayvon Devonte Cummings suffering from gunshot wounds in the 4800 block of Texas Ave, SE, a little before 1 p.m. Though emergency personnel responded, Cummings was determined to be dead at the scene.
No suspects have been arrested in more than half of the district’s homicides in 2016, according to statistics kept by this website.
In 2016, of the 41 victims of a homicide, arrests have been made in 19. That goes against a report Wednesday night, attributing stats to Chief Cathy Lanier reporting 75 percent of all cases have been closed with an arrest.
“So far in the District, Lanier said 75 percent of homicide cases this year have been closed with an arrest. Also, more than half of the 40 homicides that have happened in 2016 have occurred on the other side of the river,” the report said.
Department Spokesman Dustin Sternbeck clarified Thursday that the there have not been arrests made in 30 of the 40 homicide cases, but that police have either made an arrest, know of a suspect, or are closing in on a suspect in 73 percent of cases, which allow them to deem it closed.
“We know who they are, we may just be strengthening our case,” Sternbeck said. The specifics of what allow a case to be marked “closed” can be found on the MPD website.
Police are investigating the murder of a 22-year-old man died who Tuesday night after being shot.
Jaquan Lamont Haney was found in the 4000 block of Wheeler Road, SE, at around 10:15 p.m., according to police.
Haney was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police are investigating after a 21-year-old man died from gunshot wounds sustained Tuesday afternoon.
According to police, Josiah Jones was found by police responding to calls for a shooting in the 4500 block of Illinois Avenue, NW. Police received the call a little before 4 p.m. and found Jones with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police have identified the pedestrian killed after a man carjacked a Metrobus Tuesday morning as 40-year-old Anthony Payne.
According to police, 30-year-old Keith James Loving took control of the bus at around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning after striking the bus driver with a pair of pliers. The passengers escaped, and the bus driver was able to exit with minor injuries. Loving then drove the bus for a few blocks before crashing it into a gas station on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue where he then struck Payne. According to NBC, Payne worked at the gas station and was taking out the trash when he was struck by the bus.
Loving was charged with second-degree murder.
Police have released a video of a possible suspect for the murder of Dimas Fuentes-Lazo last month and are asking for the public’s help.
According to police, the person seen in the video below is connected to the fatal stabbing of 38-year-old Fuentes-Lazo on April 23. He was found suffering from multiple stab wounds in the 800 block of Kennedy Street, NW, and died at a local hospital.
So far, no arrests have been made for his murder.
Police have charged a 67-year-old man with the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Leo Hackett on Saturday.
According to WJLA, police are investigating the homicide as a domestic incident.
Police responded to the 800 block of 21st, NE, Saturday morning at around 10:45 a.m. and found Hackett with gunshot wounds. Hackett was taken to a hospital where he died.
While at the scene, police charged Wilbert Whitaker with second-degree murder while armed.
Police have arrested a man for the alleged murder of Ernest Massenberg-Bey Jr. last September.
John Anthony James, 24, has been charged with second-degree murder while armed and assault with intent to kill for the incident leading to Massenberg-Bey’s death.
According to police, two victims were found with gunshot wounds on the night of Sept. 28, 2015. The victims were taken to the hospital where Massenberg-Bey died.
