A juvenile male was fatally shot on Jan. 12.
On Jan. 14, officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 1700 block of Minnesota Ave., SE.
Steven Slaughter, 14, was found with apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead.
Police have not released any suspect information.
A man was arrested for allegedly shooting Ronzay Green, a resident of Northeast D.C.
Dennis Whitaker, 23, was arrested on Dec. 31 and charged with first-degree murder while armed.
Officers arrived on the 900 block of Eastern Ave., NE after reports of a shooting and found Green with apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to the local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Whitaker is being held without bond and is due back in court on Jan. 26.
A 17-year-old male was fatally shot on Jan. 12.
Just after 2 p.m., Davon Fisher and two other adult males were found by officers in a residence on the 400 block of Riggs Road, NE with apparent gunshot wounds.
Fisher, a resident of Northeast D.C., was taken to a local hospital for treatment and later pronounced dead. The two other victims were treated for non life-threatening injuries.
The Metropolitan Police Department is currently searching for a black gunman with a slim build who is about 5 feet 9 inches tall.
A man charged with allegedly killing Waliyatou Amadou is scheduled for an innocence protections act (IPA) inquiry. IPA seeks to minimize the occurrence of innocent people being put to death.
Deangelo Thorne was arrested in January 2017 and charged with second-degree murder while armed.
Judge Judith Bartnoff explained the government had tested evidence for DNA and had given that information to the defense. The defense is still determining whether they want to do independent testing.
Thorne is currently being held with no bond and is scheduled to appear back in court on March 9.
The man who was arrested in connection with the 2016 murder of his ex-girlfriend is still pending trial after DNA testing was conducted.
Donald Hairston was arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly killing Stephanie Goodloe.
Hairston originally agreed to DNA testing in October, and prosecutors said they will provide Hairston’s defense team with the case file for DNA testing within the next two weeks.
According to court documents, Goodloe filed a restraining order against Hairston days before her death. Hairston has also previously been charged with violent crimes such as assault with a deadly weapon and simple assault.
On June 18, 2016, police officers arrived on the 700 block of Kentucky Avenue, SE after receiving a call from the listed location. At 1:25 a.m. they found Goodloe with apparent gunshot wounds. After being pronounced dead, she was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Hairston is currently being held without bond and is due back in court on Feb. 23 for an Innocence Protection Act. Hairston is scheduled for trial in April.
The Metropolitan Police Department have arrested a suspect in the homicide of Southeast D.C. resident Jerimi Stephen Meade.
According to a release, police arrested Eunice Roosevelt Melton, 62, on Dec. 14, 2016, and charged him with first-degree murder while armed.
He is currently awaiting a preliminary hearing scheduled for Jan. 26.
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Northeast D.C. resident James Mayfield, and charged him with the homicides of three people.
Mayfield has been arrested and charged with the murders of Elijah Henry, Jamahri Sydnor and Jermaine Bowens.
According to the police, Mayfield, 18, allegedly killed Sydnor, 17, on Aug. 12, 2017, while shooting at another target; Bowens on Dec. 26 and Henry, 21, on Dec. 27, 2017.All three victims were shot in the Northeast quadrant of the city.
Mayfield, 18, was also arrested on Dec. 27, 2017. He is currently being held without bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 30.
Two men arrested in connection with the alleged murder of Omar Earl Rodgers have a trial date set for February 2019.
Khalil Davis, 22, and Michael Jones, 21, were arrested in October 2017 and both charged with first-degree murder while armed. Davis had not previously been charged with an offense before this incident.
Defense attorney Andrea Antonelli said her client, Davis, was anxious about getting a trial date scheduled. Due too scheduling conflicts, a trial date was set on Feb. 4, 2019.
Prosecution attorney Alicia Long requested to push the trial date back to March, but Judge Judith Bartnoff declined her request, saying that there was no valid reason for prolonging the trial.
In addition, since both defendants opposed being held without bond, Judge Bartnoff asked defense counsel to file a motion to reconsider detention.
Officers arrived on the 1300 block of Good Hope Rd., SE and found Rodgers, 25, with apparent gunshot wounds in a car on Oct. 8, 2017. He was taken to the local hospital where he later died.
A status hearing is scheduled on April 13 for Davis and Jones. Both men are being held without bond.
Another man was arrested on Jan. 18 in connection with a shooting that resulted in the homicide of a 22-year-old.
Robert Handsome Washington, a resident of Southeast D.C., was arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly killing Maleak Coffin.
Derrick Hart was the first arrest made in connection with the homicide. He was arrested on Jan. 2 and charged with first-degree murder while armed.
According to a press release, officers arrived just after 11 a.m. on the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE and found Coffin unconscious inside of a vehicle with apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital. Coffin died on Dec. 26, 2017.
Hart is currently being held without bond and due back in court for a preliminary hearing on Feb. 9.
Human remains found in Prince George’s County have been identified as a 22-year-old man who went missing in 2017.
Marty McMillan, a resident of Southeast D.C., was last seen on the 2900 block of M Street, SE on April 23, 2017. The United States Park Police found McMillan along Suitland Parkway in Prince George’s County the day before Halloween.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore determined the cause of death to be from apparent gunshot wounds and ruled the death a homicide on Jan. 11.
The department’s Homicide Branch will be investigating the homicide since preliminary information suggests it occurred in the District of Columbia.
Information on suspects have not been released at this time. Check DC Witness for updates.
The Metropolitan Police Department found a woman shot on Jan. 17.
Jasmine Lashai Light, a resident of Southwest DC, was found with apparent gunshot wounds on the 2000 block of 16th Street, SE. At around 11 a.m., three men and Light were allegedly shot by a suspect at the location. The suspect fled the scene. All four people were taken to the local hospital.
The three men were treated for non-life threatening injuries, while Light was pronounced dead.
Police have released a video from but are still looking for suspects.
Police are asking anyone with information regarding the incident to contact their hotline at (202) 727-9099 or text 50411.
Margret Johnson died from injuries from a traffic accident on Christmas Eve, 2017.
Just after 8 a.m., the driver of a Chevrolet Silverado lost consciousness and drove into a home on the 700 block of Bonini Road, SE. The driver and the passenger of the vehicle were taken to a local hospital for their injuries.
On Jan. 6 Johnson, a resident of Oxon Hill, Md., died from life-threatening injuries.
Police are still investigating the incident. Charges have not been filed against the driver.
Two co-defendants who plead not guilty to a 2016 homicide will not go to trial until 2019.
Marquette Tibbs and Cinquan Cartledge were both charged with second-degree murder while armed and pleaded not guilty to allegedly murdering Orlando Donald Silver in 2016.
The government said that discovery is ongoing and will continue. However, due to scheduling conflicts, Judge Judith Bartnoff set a trial date for February of 2019, hoping to be able to move the trial date up if possible.
Police charged Tibbs and Cartledge after GPS ankle bracelets on both men from previous crimes placed them within feet of a shooting that left Silver dead. Tibbs was arrested in November 2016, and Cartledge was arrested in May 2017.
On Nov. 27 at around 4 p.m., officers arrived on the 1300 block of Howard Rd., SE and found Silver with an apparent gunshot wound in the stomach. He was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Both defendants are being held with no bond and are expected back in court on March 23 for a status hearing.
A man arrested for allegedly shooting Antwain Henderson to death in 2011 was released to a halfway house after being held with no bond for more than five years.
Anthony Campbell was arrested July 13, 2012, and charged with first-degree murder while armed in connection with Henderson’s death.
The defense asked Judge Lee Milton to dismiss the case after a Brady violation was discovered. Brady violations occur when a prosecutor does not disclose information to the defense that is critical to the defendant’s case.
According to police documents, a witness testified that Henderson said he was going to kill Campbell. A witness said that Henderson had recently returned home from prison and threatened to kill the defendant because he was a government witness in the homicide case that led to Henderson’s initial incarceration.
However, the defense was not provided the information regarding Henderson’s threat to kill Campbell during initial discovery. Had that information been disclosed to the defense, they would have been able to get a statement from the witness and prepare an argument for self-defense.
In addition, the statement about the threat was not included in the grand jury transcript.
Now, after more than half a decade of incarceration, the defense requests for dismissal of the 2012 case. The witness that provided information to the police regarding the death threat against Campbell is now taking medication that affects their memory, according to Glover’s defense attorney Brandi Harden.
In response, the government said there was no good explanation for not disclosing that information to the defense, and wanted to provide any assistance in locating witnesses.
The defense requested Judge Lee Milton either dismiss the case or order Detective Anthony Greene, who authored the affidavit, to show up in court and answer questions about the police report.
Henderson and Campbell had an argument leading up to the homicide, according to the affidavit. Campbell shot Henderson in the head and got help from two others to bring Henderson inside. They cleaned up any traces of blood and placed Henderson inside trash bags to put him in the trunk of his own vehicle. At 4:40 a.m. on Aug. 31, 2011, officers responded to a call for a vehicle fire in Maryland. Once the vehicle was extinguished, Henderson was found dead inside the vehicle.
The Metropolitan Police Department conducted an investigation after it was determined the homicide was believed to have happened in DC.
Henderson was believed to have been shot and killed on the 5800 block of Field Place, NE earlier that night.
The two other individuals in this case, Jermaine Livingston and Phillip Glover, are co-defendants in the case. Livingston was initially charged with second-degree murder but has since been released to a halfway house, while Glover was initially charged with obstruction of justice and is being monitored by pretrial services.
A status hearing is scheduled for May 18.
A 56-year-old man was killed after colliding into a car on Interstate 695.
On Jan. 11, Emanuel Sweeny Jr. was driving on Interstate 695 when he ran into a Cadillac CTS with his motorcycle. According to the Metropolitan Police Department, Sweeny lost control of the motorcycle and hit the same car a second time, which caused him to land on an embankment of the freeway.
When officers arrived, they found Sweeny dead on the scene.
The driver of the Cadillac stayed on the scene. Charges have not been filed against the driver of the Cadillac.
