Homicide Watch D.C.

Calvin Monroe was sentenced today to 23 years in prison for the shooting death of 27-year-old Lonnie Whitted. Monroe, 33, pleaded guilty in in September to a charge of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the case. According to charging documents in the case, Whitted was friends with Monroe’s brother “Pete,” but that the … Read more →

In a soft voice, murder defendant Calvin Monroe, answered “guilty” this morning to Judge William Jackson’s question of how he wished to plea in the death of 27-year-old Lonnie Whitted. With that one word Monroe agreed that he shot Whitted, his brother’s former friend, by shooting at him multiple times, even as Whitted fled. His … Read more →