Note: this column normally appears on Saturdays. It is running today because of the Christmas holiday.
In brief:
- Raymond Roseboro was charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of Prince Okorie.
- Aaron Woodfork, a 29-year-old man, was shot and killed on Bladensburg Road in Northeast D.C.
- The death of Ali Ahmed Mohammed outside of the DC9 nightclub was ruled a homicide by the D.C. Medical Examiner’s office.
- Brookland FoodMart Manager Raj Patel was remembered throughout the week as police investigated his shooting death.
- Reginald Vance, a 39-year-old barber from Hyattsville, Md. was arraigned on first degree premeditated murder while armed charges in the shooting death of Keith Banks.
- Damon Sams pleaded innocent to charges that he shot and killed Ashley McRae in September.
- James Pone, a 20-year-old Southeast D.C. resident, was shot to death in the 700 block of Brandywine Street SE.
Raymond Roseboro was held for probable cause in second degree murder charges for the death of Prince Okorie. At Roseboro’s preliminary hearing a detective said investigators believe Okorie’s killing to be related to “rumors” in the neighborhood that he was cooperating with police in the prosecution of murder defendant Eric Foreman, who is charged with killing Catholic University grad student Neil Godleski. Roseboro was arrested in the home of one of Foreman’s family members.
Twenty-nine year-old Aaron Woodfork was shot and killed on Bladensburg Road in Northeast D.C. Woodfork has been remembered by friends on Homicide Watch. Wrote one, “Aaron was a calm and gentle guy,who did not deserve to die. He was the man who would shunn trouble,not engage in it. Aaron was a charsmatic guy. Always make you laugh.”
The death of Ali Ahmed Mohammed outside the DC9 nightclub was ruled a homicide by the D.C. Medical Examiner’s office. The cause of death was listed as, “Excited Delirium Associated With Arrhythmogenic Cardiac Anomalies, Alcohol Intoxication and Physical Exertion With Restraint.” A roundup of coverage of the news is here.
Brookland’s Newton FoodMart Manager Raj Patel, killed in a botched robbery attempt, was remembered through the week; a candlelight vigil was held in his memory Tuesday night and his funeral was Thursday. Meanwhile, Metro Police released surveillance video photos of two suspects in the case.
Reginald Vance, a 39-year-old barber from Hyattsville, Md. was arraigned on first degree premeditated murder while armed charges in the shooting death of Keith Banks. Charging documents allege that Vance drove the vehicle that was used to transport Banks and an unidentified suspect, and then, after Banks was ordered out of the vehicle, chased and shot, waited for the suspect to return to the car and fled the scene.
Damon Sams pleaded innocent to charges that he shot and killed Ashley McRae in September. McRae, a 21-year-old Columbia Heights woman, was found in Southeast D.C. in the backseat of a car with a gunshot wound to her head. According to the charging documents, Sams admitted in an videotaped interview with police that he had shot McRae in the head with a .40 caliber semiautomatic pistol, but said the gun’s firing was accidental.
James Pone, a 30-year-old Southeast D.C. resident, was shot to death in the 700 block of Brandywine Street SE. Pone was a native of North Carolina. Family and friends remembered him this week on Homicide Watch. Wrote one, “James Pone was loved by everyone….great guy!!! Always had to smile about him…positive. Talented in Football and Track… It just hurts when someone you know, or know of have their life taken this way.”
