Prosecution Calls MPD Officers and Phone Analyst in Shooting Trial 

By Ella Munnelly - October 24, 2024
Daily Stories | Non-Fatal Shooting |

The prosecution called several witnesses in a non-fatal shooting trial before DC Superior Court Judge Judith Pipe on Oct. 22. 

Cornellius Ruffin, 40, is charged with assault with significant bodily injury while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, and two counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, among other charges, for his alleged involvement in a non-fatal shooting that left one victim injured on April 12, 2021, on the 200 block of Bates Street, NW.

Ruffin is also being charged in a separate case for unlawful use of a vehicle.

During the hearing, the prosecution called several officers from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) as witnesses. 

Two of them testified they were present during Ruffin’s arrest. One officer testified that a ghost gun was recovered from an alleged accomplice, which is a gun with no serial number on it which leaves it untraceable.

Prosecutors also called an a cell phone tower tracking analyst who compiled a call detailed record based on radio frequency waves for a phone number associated with Ruffin. It was identified as biding near the crime scene.

Trial will resume Oct. 23.