Melvin Quick Released From Jail, “I don’t have probable cause,” Judge Says

Melvin Quick was released from D.C. jail Tuesday after Judge Michael Ryan ruled there was not enough evidence to hold him in connection with the shooting death of 36-year-old Mikey Ledbetter. “I don’t have probable cause that links Mr. Quick to the shooting of Mr. Ledbetter,” Ryan said, following a hearing of the evidence Tuesday. … Read more →

Melvin Quick Held in Mikey Ledbetter Murder

Melvin Quick was ordered held Saturday on a charge of first-degree murder while armed pending a preliminary hearing in connection with the shooting death of 36-year-old Mikey Ledbetter. Police found Ledbetter shot at about 5:30 a.m. on August 2 at 18th and Q streets Southeast. He was transported to a local hospital where he died … Read more →

Suspect in Custody After Fatal Southeast Shooting

A shooting Friday morning left 36-year-old Mikey Ledbetter dead. Police found Ledbetter, of Southeast D.C., suffering from an apparent gunshot wound around 5:29 a.m. He died at a local hospital. Melvin Quick, 27 and also from Southeast, was arrested at 1:40 p.m. on suspicion of first-degree murder. Arrest Made in Homicide: 18th and Q Street, … Read more →

Melvin Quick

  • Arrested: Aug. 2, 2013
  • Age: 27
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: Unknown

Charges dropped in the Aug. 2, 2013, death of Mikey Ledbetter.