Teen Charged as Adult in July Shooting

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 9, 2018
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A judge found probable cause and ordered a teenager held without bond Oct.4 for his alleged involvement in a summer homicide.

Dajuan Jones, 17, is charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting Cheyenne Washington on the 4400 block of E Street, SE on July 18.

Part of the evidence collected in the case is of surveillance footage from a Metropolitan Bus and from a camera at the Benning Heights Cooperative apartment complex. A detective with the Metropolitan Police Department said the videos were consistent with the time of the murder. The videos show all of the parties involved.

Videos from the bus captured Jones boarding with friends. Washington, 26, is seen boarding minutes later. Minutes before the shooting, Washington is seen exiting the bus. Jones and a friend also exit. All of the men seem to walk in the same direction.

According to the detective, a weapon was not located, but the camera footage depicts that Jones had a bulge in his pants when exiting the bus.

No one can identify Jones as the shooter, the detective told DC Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff.

Jones is scheduled for a felony status conference on Oct. 10.