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.
Police on Friday announced the arrest of a a fourth man wanted for the murder in a shootout last July 4 that left one man dead and three others injured.
Police have charged 24-year-old James Coffield with second-degree murder while armed for Dwayne Dillard’s shooting death.
Coffield was indicted by a grand jury on April 28.
In July, police announced the arrest of Shakim Lyons, Jonathan Taylor and Harry Herbert in this case. All three are being held without bail and are due in court May 26.
The police have identified the victim of Friday’s fatal stabbing as 61-year-old Cheryl Robin Schafer.
Schafer’s body was found in her apartment by police responding to a call of a suspicious package. Police said they were investigating the case as a domestic incident, and immediately arrested Charles Elvis Sykes.
Sykes, 59, has been charged with second-degree murder while armed. He was presented in court this week and is being held without bail. He is next due in court on May 9.
Police found Nuru Frenche, 23, suffering from gunshot wounds in the 4900 Block of Just Street, NE on Saturday, April 23.
According the Metropolitan Police Department’s press release, Frenche was transported to the hospital in “grave condition.” He was later pronounced dead.
Police have not made any arrests yet.
The case against Dani Hilliard, the woman charged with the murder of Paul Ivey earlier this month, was dismissed after a judge said on Tuesday there wasn’t enough probable cause to charge her. A grand jury is now tasked with deciding charges against her.
Hilliard, 26, was charged with second-degree murder while armed for the stabbing death of Ivey. Hilliard was immediately arrested following Ivey’s death.
While in court, Hilliard’s lawyer said Ivey was at Hilliard’s home to care for their children the night of the homicide, but there had been a history of domestic violence between Ivey and Hilliard for years. According to court documents, a civil protection order filed against Ivey said he could not assault, threaten, harass, stalk or abuse Hilliard and should stay 100 feet away from her. He could not to contact Hilliard unless it was regarding their children.
According to court documents, Hilliard told investigators Ivey occasionally spent the night at her home to care for their two small children, and was at her home for the same reason when a “heated” and “verbal” argument about their children broke out.
Surveillance of her questioning was played in court where Hilliard said she tried to get away from the situation by going into the bathroom, which already had a broken door. As Hilliard was smoking and “having a drink” in the bathroom, Ivey “busted down the door” and the entire door fell on top of her, over the bathtub.
Court documents state three kitchen knives were recovered at the crime scene and two seemed to be covered in blood. Police also collected a pocket knife and Ivey’s black shirt at the scene of the crime.
According to court documents, when police arrived, Hilliard told officers Ivey stabbed himself, but later said, “I didn’t mean for this to happen” and changed her story during questioning. She told a witness “we stabbed each other” and told investigators she did not know how Ivey was injured.
Hilliard had “sharp force” injuries in her right arm and thigh, court documents stated, but in court, it was still unclear if she received her injuries before or after Ivey was stabbed. The prosecutor argued Hilliard could have stabbed herself instead. Hilliard’s lawyer, the prosecutor and the detective under questioning all did not know about whether it was Hilliard or Ivey who brought the black, 6-inch knife into the bathroom.
Hilliard’s lawyer said she was defending herself and did not intend to kill Ivey based on the fact that she only stabbed him once.
“It was one small stab wound, and…(Hilliard) is terrified and worried about her children,” Hilliard’s lawyer said.
Based on the information given to Judge Morin, he did not find any probable cause to try Hilliard on second-degree murder while armed and said the grand jury would decide instead.
Hilliard is expected to appear in court again on July 26.
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