One homicide was reported in D.C. this week:
- Delonte Jackson, 30, died last Saturday after he was found in Southeast D.C. shot in a car.
Daquan Hendrix, 19, was killed in a police-involved shooting Tuesday morning when officers arrived to execute his arrest warrant. Hendrix was sought in connection with the shooting death of Tykia Dickerson. News reports indicate that Hendrix exited a home in the unit block of K street Northwest with people inside when he began shooting.
A new report indicates that Navy personnel and a government contractor missed key warning signs that might have prevented Aaron Alexis from killing 12 people in mass shooting at Washington Navy Yard last September.
Jurors began their deliberations in the case against James Sandidge. He is charged with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of Keenan Jerel Lee during Howard University’s 2011 homecoming weekend.
David Warren was found guilty on 12 charges Wednesday, including charges of first- and second-degree murder. On Thursday, his brother Montez Warren was acquitted Thursday of all 14 counts he faced. The men were charged in connection with the shooting death of Ervin Lamont Griffin.
Justin Wilson, 20, pleaded innocent Thursday to charges of first-degree murder while armed, assault with intent to kill and three other weapon related charges in connection to the shooting death of 28-year-old Freddy Bernard Hawkins.
Leon Allen Smith pleaded innocent Friday to 12 criminal charges, including first-degree murder, in connection with the death of 45-year-old Stephan Manuel Pool. Smith had been undergoing mental health treatments, but was found competent for trial after a final report delivered in July 2013 found that Smith to be “malingering.”
Judge Rhonda Winston found probable cause that Kevin Johnson participated in the February strangulation death of his girlfriend, 48-year-old Detra Martin. In his preliminary hearing, detectives said Johnson strangled and killed his former girlfriend in Prince George’s County.
Jurors found Keir Johnson and Lester Williams guilty of first-degree premeditated murder while armed and other weapons, conspiracy, and criminal street gang offenses Friday in connection to the shooting death of Jamal Coates. The trial, which began in November of last year, dealt with three separate murders, 80 criminal counts, and four co-defendants.
