A man found dead at 8 a.m. on New Years Eve was ruled the first homicide victim of 2012. Leroy Studevant was found strangled in Marvin Gaye Park. No arrests have been announced.
Howard Ricardo Sampler was fatally shot Tuesday night in Kenilworth, the fourth recent homicide int he neighrborhood. According to comments from friends and family, Sampler, 21, was good friends with Marcus Parham, who was killed in the same neighborhood in November.
John William Smith Jr., 46, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the stabbing death of Elaine Coleman. According to charging documents in the case, Smith was Coleman’s boyfriend; he had served time on a manslaughter charge in Baltimore before moving into Coleman’s home.
Anthony Speight, the man suspected of killing Bloomingdale man Bill Mitchell Jr,. waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday. Charging documents state that Mitchell may have been killed in the course of a robbery for $20. Speight is due back in court Feb. 10.
Harold Proctor was ordered held in the death of Kevin Blackwell Jr. at a preliminary hearing Friday; Proctor told detectives he was one of four people who participated in the fatal revenge robbery that left Blackwell dead.
An unidentified man was killed in a shooting in Northeast DC early Sunday morning.
