Police Say They Spoke to Murder Defendant on Crime Scene

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 12, 2019
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Two Metropolitan Police Department officers told a jury March 11 that they engaged in brief conversations with a man who is charged with fatally shooting another man in 2015. However, at the time, the murder defendant wasn’t a suspect to the crime.

Kimberly Thompson is charged with first-degree murder while armed, among other offenses, for his alleged role in the shooting death of 53-year-old Charles Mayo on the 1900 block of Bennett Place, NE. According to the MPD, Thompson was shot on Dec. 10 and succumbed to his injuries seven days later.

According to an officer , he spoke briefly with Thompson, 61, after he arrived on the crime scene.

A detective on the case said that when he spoke to Thompson, the defendant seemed defensive, sweating, and easily agitated.

In addition to the defendant’s demeanor at the scene of the crime, the police also confiscated Thompson’s car as evidence after he became a person of interest later that month. D.C. Witness reported that police found multiple firearms in Thompson’s car. One of which was suspected of being involved in the shooting.

However, even though Thompson became a person of interest, the lead detective on the case told a grand jury that a car, similar to Thompson’s car, was captured by surveillance cameras in the area. It is not clear if police located the owner of the other car.

The trial is scheduled to continue on March 13.

Louie Shearon contributed to this story.