Thank you for reading D.C. Witness.
Help us continue our mission into 2025 by donating to our end of year campaign.
By
Aerial Lopez [former]
, Alesar Harfoush [former] - January 25, 2023
Court
|
Daily Stories
|
Homicides
|
Shooting
|
Suspects
|
Victims
|
There was apparent tension in the courtroom when the victim’s mother watched her daughter’s death as a video of the incident played in court.
Twenty-three-year-old Celot Carr was arrested on Dec.16, 2022, after a warrant was issued in connection to a shooting resulting in the death of Kyndall Myers, 18. The shooting occurred on June 26, 2022, on the 800 block of Quincy Street, NW.
During a preliminary hearing on Jan. 25, a Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detective recounted the events leading up to the shooting. He narrated the footage depicting the shooting of Myers and two other victims.
He said the video showed “a flash of light consistent with gunshots.” The witness then got out of his seat, approached the screen, and pointed to exactly where Myers stood and narrated the details of the crime, including her death.
The detective said the suspect was aiming to shoot at a group of men who were leaving a party.
According to the prosecutor, the vehicle Carr allegedly stole circled the block more than once based on GPS tracking the police placed on the car days before the incident.
From the left side of the courtroom, Myer’s mother bursted into tears and made her way out of the courtroom.
Several of Myer’s family members followed her out into the hallway. In an effort to console the victim’s family, the court marshall retrieved tissues from behind the bench.Throughout the hearing, glances were exchanged between Myer’s family and those present in support of the defendant.
After cross examination of the witness, DC Superior Court Judge Anthony C. Epstein said he found probable cause because the evidence placed the defendant at the scene of the crime.
Evidence for this conclusion included physical surveillance of the defendant’s stolen vehicle and shell casings recovered from the vehicle floor. The National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) connected the shell casings found in the vehicle to an armed robbery involving Carr from December 2022.
Judge Epstein ordered Carr to return to DC jail where he is already being held for the armed robbery offense.
The next hearing is scheduled for June 23, 2023.