Prosecutors accused co-defendants of “turning a block into a battlefield” in a deadly mass shooting trial that began on April 8 before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz.  William Johnson-Lee, 22, Erwin Dubose, 30, Kamar Queen, 27, and Damonta Thompson, 28, are charged with conspiracy, two counts of premeditated first-degree murder while armed with aggravating circumstances, two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, and three counts of assault with significant bodily injury while armed, for their alleged involvement in the mass shooting that claimed the lives of 31-year-old Donnetta Dyson, 24-year-old Keenan Baxter, and 37-year-old Johnny Joyner.  Dubose, Queen, and Johnson-Lee each have nine additional counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. Read more »

A six co-defendant homicide case from 2021 has been further delayed because of new pre-trial defense motions filed on March 19 including a request to end to a forced separation policy at the DC Jail. Read more »

More than three weeks after a jury trial was slated to begin, the final motions for a six co-defendant homicide case were decided by DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on March 17, giving the defense a partial victory on constitutional grounds. Read more »

Pretrial motions arguments continued in a six-codefendant trial before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz on March 12.  William Johnson-Lee, 22, Erwin Dubose, 30, Kamar Queen, 27, and Damonta Thompson, 28, are charged with conspiracy, two counts of premeditated first-degree murder while armed with aggravating circumstances, two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, and three counts of assault with significant bodily injury while armed, for their involvement in the mass shooting that claimed the lives of 31-year-old Donnetta Dyson, 24-year-old Keenan Baxter, and 37-year-old Johnny Joyner.  Dubose, Queen, and Johnson-Lee each have nine additional counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz heard arguments about the nickname of a murder weapon in pre-trial motions in a mass shooting case with six co-defendants during a hearing on March 10. Read more »

Parties discussed the prosecution’s motion to admit six co-defendant’s prior words and actions suggesting violence in a homicide trial from March 3 to 6 before DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz.  William Johnson-Lee, 22, Erwin Dubose, 30, Kamar Queen, 27, and Damonta Thompson, 28, are charged with conspiracy, two counts of premeditated first-degree murder while armed with aggravating circumstances, two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, and three counts of assault with significant bodily injury while armed, for their involvement in the mass shooting that claimed the lives of 31-year-old Donnetta Dyson, 24-year-old Keenan Baxter, and 37-year-old Johnny Joyner.  Dubose, Queen, and Johnson-Lee each have nine additional counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. Read more »

A mass shooting defendant waived his right to independent DNA testing on evidence recovered in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on Oct. Read more »

On July 31, a repeat homicide defendant requested DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun order the DC Jail to move him out of a year-long stay in solitary confinement to have better access to his attorney.  Mussye Rezene, 31, is charged with first-degree premeditated while armed for his alleged involvement in the fatal stabbing of 34-year-old Darrow Johnson, that occurred at the D.C. Read more »

DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun denied a motion to sever the cases of multiple homicide co-defendants in a mass shooting, indicating they were all involved in some capacity.  Erwin Dubose, 30, Kamar Queen, 27, William Johnson-Lee, 21, and Damonta Thompson, 21, are four of six individuals charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder while armed, and assault with intent to kill, among other charges, for their involvement in the mass shooting that claimed the lives of 31-year-old Donnetta Dyson, 24-year-old Keenan Baxter, and 37-year-old Johnny Joyner. Read more »

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On Oct 16, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun denied the defense’s request to release a suspect allegedly involved in a murder. Read more »

Five co-defendants appeared in front of D.C. Read more »

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