Second arrest made in 2008 shooting

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

The Metropolitan Police Department made a second arrest Jan. 24 in the fatal shooting of 21-year-old Michael Francis Taylor.

Members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 30-year-old Mason Binion, who is a resident of Silver Spring, Md. He has been charged with first-degree murder while armed.

Taylor was found on June 22, 2008, when police responded to a report of an unconscious person on the 600 block of Farragut Street, NW. Personnel from the Office of the Medical Examiner pronounced him dead on the scene.

Binion’s arrest occurred two years after Joshua Massaquoi was detained on Nov. 23, 2015. He was also charged with first-degree murder while armed.

According to an arrest affidavit, Massaquoi, 27, voluntarily showed up at the homicide office to talk about the 2008 shooting. He told detectives he supplied the gun and set up the killing over a botched drug deal.

Massaquoi is currently being held without bond and is set to appear in court for a status hearing on March 22.

Police report for Mason Binion:
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