In brief:
Three people were killed in DC this week:
- Deangelo Gatling, 18, was killed last Sunday afternoon in a shooing in the 2300 block of 24th Street Southeast.
- Vincent Purvis, 20, was fatally shot on Wednesday afternoon, near the closed Ferebee-Hope Elementary School campus.
- Kevin Lanard James, 48, of Northwest DC, was killed in a shooting in the 1500 block of Gallatin Place Northeast Thursday evening.
Anthony Gray, 35, of Southeast DC was arrested Tuesday in connection with the 1999 shooting death of 18-year-old Kelvin Howard. He is the second arrest in the case, police say.
Albrecht Muth was convicted Thursday of first-degree premeditated murder with aggravating circumstances in connection with the death of his 91-year-old wife, Viola Herms Drath. Jurors in the case delivered their verdict around 1:10 p.m. Thursday after deliberating for less than a day.
Judge John Ramsey Johnson found probable cause in the case against Roger St. John, charging him with participating in the May 2013 shooting death of 22-year-old Rhett Gelb, even though St. John wasn’t the shooter.
Isaiah Gant was sentenced to three years in prison in connection with the death of Olijawon Griffin at a Metro stop in Northwest DC. Gant pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, robbery and possession of a firearm in the case.
Cedric Spicer was sentenced to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty last month to second-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Joseph Hardin.
James Brewer and Stephen Page were sentenced Friday in connection with the shooting death of 71-year-old Vietnam veteran Solomon Reese. The two men pleaded guilty in November to killing Reese during the course of a robbery. Brewer was sentenced to 27 years and 8 months in prison; Page was sentenced to 31 years in prison.
Donzell Butler pleaded guilty to unarmed voluntary manslaughter and assault with significant bodily injury in connection with the stabbing death of Charles Anthony Scott Jr.
