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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 25, 2019
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During a murder trial July 24, the sister of a murder victim told a jury that he called her after being shot. She said the victim named the defendant as his killer.
In 2016, a Grand Jury indicted Gary Proctor, 41, on charges for first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, unlawful possession of firearm during a crime of violence, carrying a pistol outside a home or business and unlawful possession of ammunition for his alleged involvement in the murder of his cousin, 47-year-old Jerome “Beanie” Diggs in 2015. The crime occurred on the 1300 block of First Street, SW.
According to the witness, her and Diggs spoke multiple times a day.
However, on the day of his murder, she said she had not heard from him all day. She said that as she went to call Diggs when she realized her phone was ringing. It was Diggs.
The witness said Diggs said his cousin, Gary Proctor, had shot him four to five times.
He said he wanted her to know because he, “felt like he wasn’t going to make it,” the witness told the jury.
The witness said she was working when she received the phone call from Diggs and couldn’t leave work at that time, but she did call the police.
The trial is scheduled to continue July 25.