Police say a 20-year-old man was fatally shot Tuesday morning in Columbia Heights.
Police responded to a call for a shooting at around 6:30 a.m. in the 2900 block of 14th Street, NW. They found Devonte Crawford suffering from a gunshot wound. Crawford died at the scene, and police are investigating the case as a homicide.
Police say Antonio Leach was killed in a shooting a little after midnight Sunday night.
Leach, 23, was found with gunshot wounds in the 4400 block of F St., SE. He was taken to the hospital where he died. Police found Leach after responding to the sounds of gunshots in the neighborhood.
Police are investigating this fatal shooting, but no arrests have been made.
The attorneys representing Kenneth Stewart have requested a day’s worth of footage from the August 8th, 2015 death of Eric Jackson. The alleged murder took place at a little before 11 p.m. in the 1200 Block Maple View Place, SE D.C.
Stewart has been charged with second-degree murder while armed. Security surveillance video footage released from a private residence next to where the shooting took confirmed that Stewart was present and shooting at the scene of the crime.
Stewart and his representation met in court for a status hearing on June 8, during which the defendant requested a day’s worth of surveillance footage from the day of the incident. The prosecution claimed that they had shared the footage with the defense on two separate occasions.
The defense plans to analyze the footage to investigate the block party that the deceased attended the afternoon of the shooting, prior to the incident.
According to charging documents, Jackson was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and was taken to an area hospital where he later died. Multiple witnesses saw Stewart shot in the direction of where Jackson was found at the time of the incident. Some accounts state that two people were shooting. Stewart was seen exiting the scene in a white Dodge Charger.
Stewart will return back to court on August 26 at 9:30 a.m.
Police are investigating the shooting death of Rashwan Wright.
According to police, Wright was found with gunshot wounds in the 900 block of Varney Place, SE, Thursday night.
Police have not identified any suspects and are asking for the public’s help in solving this murder.
No further criminal charges will be placed against Jerome Ortiz Drayton, 23, in relation to the death of his son, Javion Drayton, the Washington Post reported.
It is believed that the child died due to injuries suffered when he was 4 months old and was vigorously shaken by Drayton. According to the Washington Post, the father pleaded guilty in 2012 to committing cruelty to children after Javion was found not breathing at a residence in the 1500 block of Tubman Rd, SE.
In 2012 prosecutors agreed to a plea deal to forgo additional charges against Drayton if Javion died of his injuries. Drayton was only charged with cruelty to children and was given a one-year suspended jail sentence along with three years probation, which he has completed.
According to the post’s article, this decision was made after prosecutors took into account Drayton’s age, 20 at the time of the incident, his willingness to “accept responsibility” and a statement from Javion’s mother asking for Drayton to receive a second chance.
According to chief spokesman for D.C. police, Dustin Sternbeck, homicide detectives applied for an arrest warrant after Javion’s death but prosecutors declined it.
The Washington Post contacted doctors at Children’s National Medical Center who stated that Javion had experienced internal bleeding in his brain and concluded that he “had suffered a vigorous and repetitive episode of being shaken.” Javion’s death has been ruled a homicide.
Metropolitan police are investigating the shooting death of 18-year-old Tyrique White of Southeast, D.C.
Police responded to a shooting at the 5200 Block of Call Place, SE a little after 8:45 p.m. on June 5 where an injured White was found. White was found shot multiple times and later died at a local hospital Sunday night.
At this time, investigators have not released any additional information.
The three men charged in the August 15 shooting death of Matthew Shlonsky pleaded not guilty, The Washington Post reported.
Shlonsky, 23, a financial analyst and 2014 American University graduate, was caught in cross fire as he was exiting a car in the Shaw neighborhood.
The three men charged with his murder, Marcus King, 20, Andre Dudley, 20, and Christopher Proctor, 26, all of Northwest, were charged with over 60 counts for Shlonsky’s death.
They have been charged with second-degree murder while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon and charges involving injuries to two other adults and three children. Shlonsky’s killing was apart of a larger crime spree, including the theft of a vehicle that was used in the shooting.
King, Dudley, and Proctor’s next court date will be on July 15 at 10 a.m.
Police are investigating the shooting death of 22-year-old Jarell Walker of Suitland, Md. Police are still trying to identify the person or persons responsible for Walker’s death.
The Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call of a shooting at the 3700 Block of Hayes St., NW a little before midnight on June 2. Walker was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds and later died at the hospital.
The death of a three-year-old boy, who was violently shaken as an infant, has been ruled a homicide by the medical examiner.
According to police, Javion Drayton, 3, was shaken and assaulted in July 2012. According to the boy’s obituary, published after his death this January, Javion was just four months old at the time of the assault. A press release from police on Wednesday night, announcing that the death is being investigated as a homicide, reported an adult male was arrested and charged with assault at the time of the initial incident but police did not release the man’s name.
Javion was admitted to the hospital after the initial incident, and again on January 21 of this year when he died. On May 11, the cause of death was determined by the medical examiner as complications “of remote non-accidental blunt head and torso trauma,” due to the original shaking event in 2012.
It was not immediately clear if the man initially charged in 2012 will be charged with murder.
Police are investigating after a 32-year-old man died from apparent gunshot wounds in the 1300 block of 7th Street, NW, on Sunday night.
Russell Crawford, of Suitland, Md. was taken to an area hospital where he died from his injuries after he was discovered suffering from gunshot wounds by third district police.
Police have not made any arrests in the case.
Tyrone Bradley, 40, was found dead from apparent gunshot wounds at around 2:14 am Monday morning. Bradley was discovered by the Fifth district police on the 700 block of 24th Street, NE.
Police have not yet arrested any suspects.
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.
