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.
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.
