Police on Thursday arrested Sean Paul Hurd for the murder of Antonio Lee Bryant in June.
Hurd, 19, was charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly killing Bryant on the night of June 17.
Bryant, 28, was found with gunshot wounds in the 3300 block of D Street, SE.
Police last week made an additional arrest in the murder of Melvin Williams who, according to charging documents for both defendants, was killed by a single shot from an assault rifle.
According to the autopsy, Williams was shot from a distance and killed by a single gunshot wound to the right side of his head. According to police, Williams was likely killed by “a firearm utilizing large caliber ammunition.”
Police at the scene recovered multiple casing from at least two different guns gathered across a courtyard and between 100-150 yards away from where Williams was found.
Derrick Carter, 26, was charged in August for second-degree murder while armed, and has been held without bail. According to the warrant for his arrest, Carter was identified by multiple witnesses as possessing a long gun walking in the direction of where Williams was killed in the Woodland Terrace neighborhood in Southeast.
Last week police made an additional arrest, charging Tyrale Diontaye Johnson (also known as Darrell M. Johnson) with Williams’ murder. The warrant says Carter was seen with the handgun that was used to shoot at Williams and also physically braced Carter while he shot at Williams.
Both men are being held without bail as their case continues.
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Police investigating the death of Percy Williams have released a video of a suspect wanted in connection with the homicide.
According to police, Williams, 20, was found with gunshot wounds at around in the 1900 block of Capitol Ave, NE, on October 19.
Police released the video below to ask the public’s help in identifying a suspect.
Kenneth Eugene Cosby, 36, was fatally shot in the early morning of October 30, according to police.
Police in the area of 1400 block of V Street, SE, heard gunshots and found Cosby unconscious and unresponsive at around 1 a.m. Cosby was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police have released a video showing a suspect and a vehicle of interest wanted in connection with a homicide last month.
Police are investigating a shooting that left 25-year-old Marcquetta Cunningham dead and a male wounded in the evening of October 28.
A person of interest is seen running in the video and getting into a four-door car which is also wanted in connection with the homicide. Police say the incident happened in the 4200 block of Edson Place, NE.
Police have charged a second man with murder for the July death of 31-year-old Melvin Williams.
On Friday, 21-year-old Tyrale Diontaye Johnson was charged with second-degree murder while armed. Police in August also charged Derrick Carter for Williams’ homicide.
Williams was found dying from gunshot wounds on July 28 in the 2300 block of Ainger Place, SE.
According to court records, Carter has been held without bail since he was first arrested, and his case is still pending a grand jury investigation.
Johnson’s next court date is scheduled for November 10. He is also being held without bail.
Police say 36-year-old Joseph Kenneth Belle was fatally shot last Friday.
Belle, of Southeast, was found unconscious and unresponsive by police responding to a report of a shooting at around 6:10 p.m. last Friday. Belle died from his injuries where he was found in the 1300 block of Morris Road, SE.
Police are investigating the death of 36-year-old Van Joyner, who was killed in a shooting on Halloween.
According to police, Joyner was found with gunshot wounds at around 2:45 a.m. on Halloween in the 1000 block of Savannah Street, SE.
Joyner was taken to the hospital and died from his injuries the following day, on November 1.
Joyner’s was not the only homicide in the very early hours of Halloween. Police are also investigating the death of Victor Drummings who was found dead on the other side of town at around 3:15 a.m. the same morning.
Lamar Young, a man charged with fatally stabbing Bobby Ellis in an argument over subs during a basketball game was denied bail in his first appearance for the charge on Tuesday.
Young was arrested on Monday and charged with second-degree murder while armed for Ellis’ death in August.
According to the warrant for Young’s arrest, a witness told police Ellis was angry about being substituted out of a basketball game, played on a court at Ronald H. Brown Middle School in Northeast. According to the warrant, a witness heard Young tell Ellis “I got guns,” to which Ellis replied “I got guns too.” Young then pulled a knife out of his shorts while Ellis stood still and Young held him by the neck and stabbed him once in the left side of his stomach. Ellis, according to the warrant, backed up from Young and ran to the parking lot. He collapsed in the parking lot and got up once more before he fell by a parked vehicle and collapsed, which is where he was later found by police.
Ellis was pronounced dead a a hospital about an hour after police responded to the call for an unconscious male in the parking lot. According to an autopsy, Ellis died from the stab wound.
Two witnesses identified Young as the stabber, according to the warrant.
Young’s next court date is December 18.
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Police investigating two bodies found in a Capitol Hill home have determined the cause of deaths to be a murder-suicide.
According to police, 36-year-old Desiree Cooper was shot and killed by John Robinson, 37, before he killed himself in a home they shared. Multiple news reports say Robinson and Cooper were in a relationship.
Police found the two bodies in the 200 block of Tennessee Avenue, NE, on Monday afternoon. Both died from gunshot wounds, according to the Office of the Medical Examiner.
A 19-year-old was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon, according to police.
Tyree Banks, of Southeast, was found with gunshot wounds at around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday by police responding to the sounds of gunshots in the 5000 block of Benning Road. Banks was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
Police are asking for the public’s health in find four people they believe are connected to the homicide of 41-year-old Victor Drummings.
Drummings was found unconscious and unresponsive at around 3:15 Halloween morning.
Police on Tuesday circulated a video showing four people of interest wanted in his homicide.
Drummings, of Upper Marlboro, was found on the 1600 block of New York Ave, NE.
Police on Monday arrested 26-year-old John David Allen for the alleged murder of Cortez Clark inside of Allen’s apartment in October.
Allen, charged with second-degree murder while armed was held without bail when presented in court Tuesday, according to court documents.
A witness alleges Clark was assaulted inside of Allen’s apartment, before Allen and others led Clark to a vacant apartment and continued to beat him in the process. The witness said Allen repeatedly beat Clark while he was brought down the stairs and into the other apartment, and a female spit on Allen. In addition to the female and Allen, there were allegedly two other males who helped to carry Clark’s body. After he was dead, Clark was stripped of his clothes, keys and wallet before Allen began cleaning the hallway and apartment, the witness aid.
An autopsy report included in charging documents said Clark was stabbed multiple times, including stabs to his torso and buttocks. Clark also suffered injuries to his head and face, and the cause of death was determined to be sharp force injuries and blunt force trauma.
In an interview with police, Allen said he was a lookout when the aforementioned female and another male lured Clark to Allen’s apartment with the intention to rob him. Allen told police the other male and females beat Clark to death.
Police discovered Clark’s body inside the vacant apartment at 331 Parkland Place, SE on October 13. According to charging documents, Clark was killed on the night of October 10.
Allen’s next court date was set for December 11.
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Police arrested Lamar Young on Monday for murder in the stabbing death of Bobby Ellis in August.
Young, who had been identified by police as a suspect earlier this month, was arrested and charged with second degree murder while armed.
According to police, Ellis, of Southeast, was found with stab wounds on the 4800 block of Meade Street, NE, on August 23. Ellis was taken to a hospital and died.
Young was due to be presented in Superior Court Tuesday afternoon.
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of Leon Reid Jr., who was found with gunshot wounds Thursday.
Reid, 35, was found in the 5300 block of Dix Street, NE, by police responding to a call of a shooting. Reid was found and taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
