In brief:
Twenty-four-year-old J’Ron Brown was the victim of the fatal shooting in Southeast DC early Wednesday morning. Derrick Babb was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with the case after a nearly eight hour long standoff with police. Babb has said he did fire a gun at J’Ron Lamar Brown, once, at the urging of a neighbor.
Antoine Bates, 23, was fatally shot in Northwest DC early Saturday morning. No arrests have been announced.
Herbert Hayes was ordered held on a charge of second-degree murder while armed at his preliminary hearing after Judge Ann O’Regan Keary found substantial probability that Hayes fatally stabbed John Wesley Griffin.
Christian Taylor was found guilty of fatally shooting two Northeast DC men, a father and son, in a June 2010 robbery attempt on their store.
Albrecht Muth still lacks the mental competency required to stand trial, a new report from his doctors at Saint Elizabeths found. Muth is suspected of killing his wife, Viola Drath.
Felicia Jones pled innocent to second-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Jodie Ward.
Antonio Jones pled innocent a charge of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Davon Gray. Jones’ attorney said he may use an insanity defense.
Dietrich Baker waived his right to a preliminary hearing on a charge that he fatally shot James Ray Sherrod near a Kenilworth Avenue bus stop in April, signaling that perhaps a plea deal is imminent in the second-degree murder case.
James Brewer, Stephen Page, and Anthony Thomas, charged with killing 71-year-old Solomon Reese, have now also been formally charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the shooting death of one of the witnesses in the case. They pled innocent to the charge.
Brandon Terry was sentenced to 22 years in prison for the shooting death of Jhonte Coleman, 34, killed November during a large fight in Dupont Circle. Terry, 30, is believed to have been a victim in the same fight, his attorney, Joseph Bernard, said.
Washington’s Other Monuments has photos of two new street memorials. One outside Grace Deli in Northeast DC where June Lim was killed June 14, and one near where Henry Miller was killed on June 3.
