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- November 17, 2020
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A DC Superior Court judge continued a Nov. 17 hearing for two co-defendants charged with murder.
Daquan Anglin, 24, and Derrick Kearney, 25, are charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting 26-year-old Devonte Speight on April 29. Kearney and Anglin allegedly tried to steal Speight’s dirt bike on the 1800 block of Maryland Avenue, NE.
The prosecutor said she does not believe there will be an indictment by the time of the next hearing, which Judge Steven Wellner scheduled for Feb. 8. According to DC policy, the prosecution has nine months to secure an indictment from a grand jury.
According to court documents, when Speights refused and drove away, one of the suspects allegedly fired three gunshots at him. Anglin and Kearney reportedly fled in a car after the shooting but were eventually apprehended by Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers after exiting the vehicle and fleeing on foot.
Kearney and Anglin will continue to be held at the DC Jail, where they have been since April 30.