Prosecution Offers Murder Defendants Plea Deal

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 24, 2018
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

On July 24, prosecutors offered two murder defendants plea deals.

Michael Leonard Jones and Khalil Davis are charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting Omar Earl Rogers in the parking lot of  Uniontown Bar and Grill on the 2200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE. According to court documents, Rogers, 25, was shot in his car and then driven to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Jones, 22, and Davis, 22, pled not guilty to the crime, which occurred in 2017.

According to court documents, witness testimony was inconsistent about whether the shots came from another vehicle or from a person standing in the parking lot. A witness also said Rogers backed his car into another vehicle and that someone who got out of that vehicle was the shooter.

“I know these are serious decisions and I want you to have time to talk to your lawyers about them… If the plea makes sense to you, do it,” said D.C. Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff. “If not, we’ll have a trial.”

Davis and Jones are expected to have a decision by their next status hearing scheduled on Aug. 8.