Police are investigating the homicide of a 44-year-old Maryland man on Monday.
According to police responding to a report of an aggravated assault, Eric Lee Smith, 44, died from stab wounds Monday. Smith was found on the 800 block of H Street, NE, and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A 28-year-old man was fatally shot shortly after midnight Tuesday in Southwest.
According to police, Ryan Matthew Addison of Southeast was found suffering from apparent gunshot wounds on the 200 block of Elmira Street, SW. Addison was taken to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Police on Wednesday arrested 21-year-old Matin M. Flythe for the alleged murder of Michael Toland.
Toland, 22, died from apparent gunshot wounds on August 1. Police arrested Flythe for Toland’s death and charged him with first-degree murder while armed.
Police are investigating the fatal shooting of Eric Anthony Jackson of Southeast.
Jackson was found suffering from gunshot wounds a little before 11 p.m. Saturday on the 1200 block of Maple View Place, SE. Jackson, 32, was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
Police have arrested a man for the fatal stabbing of a 22-year-old from Maryland last month.
Tyree Donnell Morgan of Northwest was charged on August 1 with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly killing Antoine Jackson.
Jackson was found suffering from stab wounds on July 22 in the 1300 block of 7th Street, NW. Jackson died from his injuries on July 30, and Morgan was arrested the following day.
Police are investigating the shooting death of 37-year-old Charles Burton.
Burton was found suffering from gunshot wounds just past midnight Friday, after police were flagged down for reports of a shooting. Burton, of Southeast, was found on the 3200 block of 23rd Street, SE, and taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries.
Police are searching for a 23-year-old suspect wanted in the murder of Antonio McCallister last month.
On Friday police released a photo of suspect Eric McDuffie, who they say killed McCallister on the night of July 24.
McCallsiter was found suffering from gunshot wounds on the 2700 block of Langston Place, SE, and later died at a hospital.
Police say they have an arrest warrant to charge McDuffie with first-degree murder while armed.
An 18-year-old from Southeast was fatally shot last Saturday morning.
Homicide detectives are investigating the death of Shaun Simmons who was found shot August 1 around 4:30 a.m. Simmons was pronounced dead at a hospital after life-saving efforts failed. Simmons, of Southeast, was found unconscious and unresponsive by police on the 1300 block of Savanah Street, SE.
A 22-year-old man died at the hospital from an apparent gunshot wound last week.
According to police, Michael Toland of Northeast arrived at a hospital after he was allegedly shot shortly after 3:30 a.m. last Saturday. Toland died at the hospital, and police say the shooting took place at the intersection of 46th Place and G Street, SE.
Police have identified the man fatally shot last Sunday morning as William Burke, Jr.
Burke was found around 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 2, suffering from gunshot wounds. Lifesaving efforts failed and Burke was pronounced dead at the hospital. He was found by police in the 800 block of 18th street, NE.
Burke was 34 years old and resided in Northeast.
Police are investigating a fatal shooting that took the life of 24-year-old Derrick Black of Northwest.
According to police, Black was found by police on the night of July 30 in the 3300 block of Georgia Ave, NW suffering from gunshot wounds. Black was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Three men were charged with the shooting death of Dwayne Gene Dillard on July 4.
Over a period of three days, police charged Shakim Lyons, 26, Jonathan Taylor, 24, and Harry Herbert, 27. The three men were charged with second-degree murder while armed. Police had previously released a video of the suspects looking for help from the public.
According to police, Dillard and three others were shot at around 11:10 p.m. in the 2600 block of Douglas Place, SE. Dillard died from injuries sustained in the shooting.
Police are still searching for four people of interest in the case, seen in the video below.
A 31-year-old man was fatally shot Tuesday night in Southeast.
According to police, Melvin Williams was found with gunshot wounds on the 2300 block of Ainger Place, SE. Emergency medical personnel did not find any signs of life.
Police have made an arrest in the murder of 47-year-old Jerome Diggs.
Gary Nathaniel Proctor, 37, was arrested by the Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force the day after police say he killed Diggs.
Proctor, of Southwest, was charged with second-degree murder while armed for Diggs’ homicide. Diggs was found suffering from apparent gunshot wounds in the 1300 block of First Street.
With his hands shackled, 19-year-old Zaccheaus Blanding kept his eyes trained to the floor floor during court appearance last week, where he faces charges in the shooting death of his friend.
Blanding, charged with second-degree murder while armed, allegedly shot and killed his friend, Heineken McNeil.
According to WUSA9, Blanding told police his friend’s death was an accident. Blanding allleged he was playing with a gun in his bedroom on June 22 when gun fired and accidentally hit McNeil. The teen then panicked and put his friend’s body in a trash can before lighting it on fire.
During a short interview, Blanding’s attorney, Judith Pipe, said a decision has not yet been made whether Blanding will submit a guilty plea or plea not guilty, which would move the case toward a trial.
