Harry Herbert Archives - D.C. Witness

D.C. Had 48 Mass Shootings in the Last Six Years

Details A grocery store. A gas station. A barbershop. A non-denominational church. Homicides are on the rise in Washington, DC and mass shootings are one of the causes. Neighborhoods spanning across... Read More

Judge Grants Motion to Decrease Defendant’s Sentence

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 3, 2019
Appeal | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details During a motions hearing on July 3, a DC Superior Court Judge granted the prosecution’s motion to reduce a defendant’s sentenced. In 2017, a jury found Johnathan Taylor guilty of... Read More

Co-defendants Plead Guilty to 2015 Homicide

By D.C. Witness Staff - December 5, 2018
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Harry Herbert and Shakim Lyons pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and unlawful possession of a firearm, respectively, for their role in the death of 23-year-old Dwayne Gene Dillard on the... Read More

Judge Denies Motion to Separate Defendants

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 31, 2018
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

Details A DC Superior Court judge denied Oct. 30 severance motions to separate three murder defendants. Shakim Lyons, Harry Herbert, and James Coffield are charged with second-degree murder while armed for allegedly... Read More

Independence Day Murder Trial Postponed to September

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 20, 2018
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Dwayne Dillard's alleged murders: Jonathan Taylor, Shakim Lyons, James Coffield, and Harry Herbert received a new trial date. Read More

Defendant Asks for Separate Trial After Being Attacked

By D.C. Witness Staff - May 23, 2018
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Second-degree murder defendant Jonathan Taylor asked to have his case severed from that of his co-defendants, Shakim Lyons, Harry Herbert and James Coffield. Lyons allegedly attacked Taylor, fracturing his spine. Read More

Defense attorney says there’s no conflict of interest, two weeks after judge ordered trial date vacated

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 24, 2017
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Monday, a day before Dwayne Dillard’s murder trial was originally set to begin, co-defendants Shakim Lyon, Harry Herbert, Nathaniel Taylor and James Coffield were presented in court. The trial vacated initially... Read More

Dwayne Dillard murder trial vacated less than two weeks before it was set to begin

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 14, 2017
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Among discussion over a key witness in connection to a possible conflict of interest in the Dwayne Dillard murder case, Judge Jose Lopez insisted on “damage control” and ruled to throw... Read More

Government refuses to identify key witness as defense grows frustrated in Dwayne Dillard murder case

By D.C. Witness Staff - April 10, 2017
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details Defense attorneys for co-defendants Shakim Lyon, Harry Herbert and Jonathan Taylor said they are frustrated with prosecutor’s refusal to identify a witness they believe could prove their clients’ innocence. In... Read More

Three alleged Independence Day shooters appear in court

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 30, 2016
Court | Homicides | Suspects |

Details A judge granted permission for the government to do DNA testing of blood drops found at the scene of Dwayne Dillard’s homicide. The three men charged with Dillard’s death appeared... Read More

Police arrest three for alleged murder of Dwayne Dillard

By D.C. Witness Staff - August 1, 2015
Homicides | Suspects |

Details Three men were charged with the shooting death of Dwayne Gene Dillard on July 4. Over a period of three days, police charged Shakim Lyons, 26, Jonathan Taylor, 24, and... Read More