Lester Wright pleaded innocent today to a charge of premeditated first-degree murder while armed, according to court records.
Wright, 21, is charged in the shooting death of 48-year-old Howard Williams in Northeast D.C. According to charging documents, Williams, Wright, and Wright’s aunt all lived together in an apartment on 18th Place NE. An argument between Wright and the two others in the house preceded the shooting, a witness told police.
The indictment in the case is after the jump.
