Phone Activity Between Defendant, Victim Precede Shooting

By D.C. Witness Staff - September 28, 2018
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Phone activity between the defendant and the man he allegedly shot was the focus in a District of Columbia courtroom Sept 27.  

Babajide Pittman is charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting Anthony Young on the 600 block of L Street, SE in 2016.

The prosecution presented phone records which showed Pittman, 31, and Young, 27, exchanging several calls hours before Young was killed.

Court documents and witness testimony also show that Pittman and Young were engaged in an ongoing dispute from an incident a few weeks before the homicide.

“Like I thought nigga, you can’t be lookin for me,” Young texted, after he could not reach Pittman, on the morning of Nov. 27, 2016. “Stop bluffing. Keep my name out your MF mouth.”

Multiple witnesses told the jury they saw two men arguing on the corner of 7th and L streets shortly before hearing shots. However, the witnesses couldn’t identify Pittman as the shooter.

According to court documents, a Metropolitan Police Department officer recovered a gun from Young’s waistband when he arrived on the scene. 

A forensic analyst said the weapon only matched Young’s DNA. 

The defense is claiming self-defense on the grounds that Young was the aggressor by seeking out the defendant while in possession of a firearm.

Trial is scheduled to resume on Sept. 28.

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