Prosecution Proposes a Plea Offer

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DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun rescheduled a felony status conference hearing due to the defendant’s co-council being busy in another trial.

Jalen Browne, 21, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed in the deaths of 22-year-old Jovan Hill Jr. and 19-year-old Tariq Riley. Both victims were shot in the back on the afternoon of July 26, 2021, on the on the 100 block of Q Street, NW on grounds of an apartment complex in the Truxton Circle neighborhood. A third victim walked into a local hospital with a non-life threatening gunshot wound to the torso.

A plea offer was proposed but not decided upon. The offer consisted of pleading guilty to two counts of second-degree murder while armed for 20 years in prison.

Even though defense attorneys Brian McDaniel and Douglas Wood argued for Browne’s pretrial release, citing his good behavior at the jail, a business edict certificate, and his mother agreeing to be his third-party custodian the request was denied because of the nature of the offense.

Browne has not been indicted on the charges.

The next hearing is scheduled for Nov. 29