Police are investigating the death of 20-year-old Percy Williams in a shooting early Monday morning.
Police say Williams, a resident of Northeast was found with gunshot wounds at around 2 a.m. Monday in the 1900 block of Capitol Ave, NE.
Williams was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police have made an arrest in a July shooting that left one man dead.
Police on Monday arrested 24-year-old Sean Green and charged him with first-degree murder while armed for the alleged homicide of Derrick Black.
Black, 24, was found at around 9:30 p.m. on July 30 on the 3300 block of Georgia Ave, NW. He was taken to the hospital and died.
A man accused of fatally stabbing another during a fight over a woman was offered a plea deal on Friday, where he would face up to six-and-a-half year in prison.
Tyree Morgan was charged with second-degree murder for stabbing Antoine Jackson inside Morgan’s apartment on July 22.
Jackson was admitted to the hospital on July 22, and died on July 30. According to an autopsy included in charging documents, Jackson died from multiple sharp force injuries in his torso.
According to police, Morgan turned himself into police five hours after the stabbing. He was then charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, but the charges were upgraded a week later when Jackson died from his injuries.
In D.C. Superior Court on Friday, prosecutors made public a plea deal that would recommend a sentence of four years to six-and-a-half years if Morgan pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter.
According to the police documents, Morgan and Jackson were fighting when Morgan stabbed Jackson multiple times with a knife. According to a witness on the phone during the fight Jackson asked Morgan “Why you texting my girl,” referring to the woman who was still on the line. Jackson told the woman that Morgan stabbed him and he was dying. The victim also told police Morgan stabbed him during the argument.
Morgan, who has been out on bail and living in a halfway house, was also granted permission to work as part of his release with a program administered by the halfway house on Friday.
Further conversation about the plea offer was continued to November 3 at 9:30.
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Police are investigating a stabbing that left one man dead and another injured.
Police found two men with stab wounds on the 200 block of K Street, NW at around 1 a.m. Friday. Both were taken to the hospital, where 24-year-old Joel David Midgett died from his injuries. According to police the second victim sustained non-life threatening injuries.
Tavon Maurice Patterson was fatally shot in Southeast Thursday night.
According to police, the 23-year-old was found with gunshot wounds on the 3200 block of 15th Place, SE at around 7:40 p.m. Thursday.
Patterson was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
Donta Curtis McNeil, charged with murder in the shooting death of Antonio Dean, made his first court appearance Thursday and was denied bail.
An attempt by McNeil’s public defender to get him released on bond was denied by the judge, who ordered him held until his next court date set for October 29.
According to police charging documents, Dean was found unconscious with gunshot wounds to his head and body at around 2:50 a.m. on August 22. A witness interviewed by police said a group of men were gambling when McNeil and Dean became engaged in a verbal altercation. The witness told police they saw McNeil point a gun at Dean, and then heard several shots. The witness later saw Dean leaving the scene in possession of a hand gun.
Following McNeil’s court appearance, family members of the victim and defendant fought physically and verbally outside the courtroom. The scuffle was quickly split up by U.S. Marshals.
McNeil was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder.
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Donta Curtis McNeil was arrested Wednesday and charged with second-degree murder while armed for the shooting of 24-year-old Antonio Dean.
McNeil was arrested by the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force Wednesday for allegedly fatally shooting Dean on August 22. Dean was found by police without a pulse at around 2:50 a.m. in the 1300 block of Stevens Road, SE.
The man accused of killing his cousin waived his right to a preliminary trial Tuesday, and the case was continued to a November court date.
Upon entering court, a shackled Roosevelt Robinson nodded to a man seated in the front row– Ronald Carswell Jr., his second cousin, and the nephew of the woman he is charged with fatally shooting.
Robinson, 67, is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly shooting Loretta Carswell, 63. According to police, Robinson barricaded himself inside a home after allegedly shooting his cousin in the head and was engaged in a stand-off with police lasting more than 31 hours.
When asked routine questions by the judge about his decision to waive a preliminary hearing, Robinson chuckled– a notion his second-cousin interpreted as a sign he isn’t taking the case seriously.
“I’m here to support my aunt, since she can’t be here. I am not here to support him,” Ronald Carswell Jr. said following Tuesday’s court proceedings. “I think he’s taking this as a joke…I forgave him for what he has done, but he has to answer to his God.”
According to Carswell and police charging documents, the fatal shooting of Loretta Carswell on August 21 stemmed from a family dispute–Loretta Carswell wanted Robinson out of the home she owned, and that had been in her family for years. Robinson claimed Carswell stole a $10,000 diamond ring from him that was intended for his daughter.
Ronald Carswell Jr. said he and his siblings and father were raised in the home that became the backdrop of the family tragedy. A memorial still stands on the front porch where his aunt was fatally shot– while his family now wonders how to celebrate Christmas, a tradition typically celebrated at his aunt’s house with presents for everyone and plenty of holiday food.
“We’re trying to figure out what to do. We had Christmas at her house for years…that’s gone now,” Carswell said. “You don’t do that to family. That’s the worst part– our family member did it.”
Carswell said he has forgiven Robinson so he can deal with the grief of losing his aunt while not remaining angry– though he still wants the criminal process to continue and Robinson to be held responsible for his alleged actions.. He also argued his aunt’s innocence– adding that she was financially secure and would never steal a ring.
Carswell described his aunt as a strong, stern and loving woman who wouldn’t put up with excuses or bad behaviors from family– but did it out of love.
“There’s not one person she wouldn’t help,” he said.
Carswell was on a retreat with work when he received the phone call that his aunt had been shot. Media reported on Loretta Carswell’s death and the barricade, and also noted that her death brought the homicide death toll to 99.
Police have identified the man found stabbed to death Tuesday as 32-year-old Cortez Lamont Clark of Maryland.
Clark was found with stab wounds in the 300 block of Parkland Place, SE at around 1 p.m. Tuesday by police responding to a call of an unconscious man. Clark was dead by the time police arrived and was taken to the medical examiner’s office for an autopsy.
Police are searching for a suspect they say is responsible for last month’s double shooting that left one man dead.
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating John Anthony James who police believe is responsible for the shooting death of 21-year-old Earnest Massenberg-Bey, Jr. Police have an arrest warrant to charge James with second-degree murder.
According to police, Massenberg-Bey Jr. and another friend were shot on the night of September 28 on the 1100 block of Easton Road, SE.
The mother of one of the victims told WJLA that her son and his friends were approached by James asking for money. When they refused, the mom says James opened fire killing Massenberg-Bey Jr. and critically injuring a friend.
A 24-year-old who killed a man in a fight last July pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter Wednesday.
Kenneth Garner accepted a plea deal recommending 90 months in prison in exchange for a guilty plea for the manslaughter charge in the death of Thomas Harris. Garner was initially charged with first-degree felony murder.
According to prosecutors who presented the deal in D.C. Superior Court, Harris, 52, was found on the ground gasping for air, bleeding from his head on July 5. He was taken to the hospital and died later the next day. According to an autopsy included in charging documents for Garner, Harris’ cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries.
Prosecutors said Harris confronted Garner in an attempt to buy prescription drugs from him. An argument ensued in which Garner pushed Harris to the ground, which injured his head and ultimately lead to his death.
As part of a plea offer, Garner also pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited weapon for a prior incident inside a shelter, where he slashed a man in the eye after the man didn’t respond when asked for the time.
A final decision on both plea offers now sit with the judge. Sentencing for the involuntary manslaughter charge is scheduled for December 11.
A 19-year-old who shot his best friend twice in the head and set his body on fire pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in court Friday.
Zaccheus Blanding (also known as Zakias) will face 18-26 years in jail as part of a plea agreement, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The body of Heineken McNeil, 19, was found burning in a trash can on June 23, a day after he was killed. Police could not initially identify the body because it was so badly burned.
According to police, Blanding was staying with his McNeil in an apartment shared with Blanding’s mother.
Though Blanding admitted to the crime and was arrested, according to his charging documents, he also told police the shooting had been an accident and he put his friend’s body in a garbage can and lit it on fire because he panicked.
But according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Blanding taped a video of himself in which he said “This is going to be the last video I’ll ever make. I plan on killing three people – my best friend, my mother and her girlfriend . . .” a day before he killed McNeil. He consistently referred to McNeil as his best friend, according to police.
Police recovered the gun used in the crime in the room McNeil and Blanding shared.
As part of the plea deal arrangement, Blanding pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed. He is scheduled to be sentenced December 11.
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated where Heineken McNeil was living. McNeil was living, and was later shot, in a home with Zaccheus Blanding, and not in McNeil’s home as was originally reported.
The man charged with the stabbing death of Kevin Sutherland aboard a red-line train on July 4, was found competent to stand trial Friday.
The attorney for Jasper Spires, charged with murder for the brutal death of Sutherland, said after court that his client has received medication leading to the competency finding, and maintained his client’s innocence.
Spires has not been indicted in the case, and the case was continued to Jan. 29 pending further investigation. According to prosecutors, if the government were to make a plea deal the soonest it would occur is winter-time.
“Clearly, we believe the government has problems determining Jasper was the one involved,” Spires’ attorney Antoini Jones said. “However, his family and he, being human beings are so sorry that someone was killed. Clearly that’s horrific–the way Mr. Sutherland was killed, and [neither Spires’] family nor he condones this type of activity. Nonetheless, he maintains his innocence respectfully.”
During court, Jones said his client is “anxious for a resolution.” A judge had previously ordered a full mental observation based on Spires’ behavior in court.
Sutherland’s parents as well as other family and friends were present for Friday’s proceedings.
Friends said seeing Spires is a continuous reminder of the brutal way in which Sutherland was killed.
According to autopsy notes made public in the government’s charging documents, Sutherland had 30-40 stab and cutting wounds on his body, including several deep stabs to his chest and heart, and suffered blunt-force trauma to his head and face and other parts of his body.
“It’s been getting harder every day,” said Kevin Sutherland’s cousin, Anita McBride, of the pain his parent’s feel. “But this was a good news too, now he can stand trial for his crime. We wanted to be sure. I was pleased with that. It won’t bring Kevin back but at least there is a process, a transparent process for justice.”
Sutherland’s former roommate, Abigail Finn, said she was also pleased that the case will move forward, and she plans to continue to attend future proceedings to support Sutherland and his parents.
In a written statement, Sutherland’s parents said they continue to grieve the “senseless” loss of their son.
“We are still trying to understand how such a brutal and heinous attack would happen in broad daylight on the DC Metro with no provocation whatsoever. No explanation will ever bring our son back, but we are determined to understand how this happened and see that Kevin’s murderer is held accountable and prevented from ever harming another innocent soul,” they wrote.
The Sutherland’s also criticized the climbing homicide rate in the district, calling it “unacceptable.”
“A hundred and nineteen other families are mourning their losses with us today- our heart goes out to them….their lives, like ours, will never be the same. We must do more to end this scourge in this city that Kevin loved so much. He would expect nothing else.”
A 20-year-old man was fatally shot Tuesday morning, according to police.
Police say Muhammad Washington was found with apparent gunshot wounds in the 600 block of 42nd street, Northeast at around 11:45 Tuesday morning. Washington, also of Northeast, was taken to a hospital where he died from his injuries.
According to NBC Washington, Washington was on his way to the store when he was shot.
A man was killed after attempting to rob two other men early Saturday morning, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
According to police, two victims of the attempted robbery were also shot in the scuffle.
Police responded to a triple shooting in the 700 block of H Street, NE at around 1 a.m. Saturday. Two victims suffering from gunshot wounds were taken to the hospital, while 32-year-old Jerome Leroy Wright died from his injuries on the scene. Police say a preliminary investigation reveals Wright attempted to rob the two other victims and all three were shot in the attempt.
