Judge Lynn Leibovitz sentenced Irving Harris Johnson Thursday to 82 years in prison in connection with the shooting deaths of Domonique Barbour and Jimmie Lee Simmons III. A jury convicted Johnson on two counts of first-degree murder and several related assault and firearms charges in February. Witnesses testified at trial that Johnson had been having … Read more →
Jurors found Irving Harris Johnson guilty Thursday on two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting deaths of Domonique Barbour and Jimmie Lee Simmons III. The jury also found Johnson guilty of several assault and firearm charges in connection with the case. The jury deliberated for a day and a half before announcing … Read more →
After six days of witness testimony, jurors in the murder trial against Irving Harris Johnson began deliberations Tuesday. Johnson, 32, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and several assault and firearm charges in connection with the July 2011 shooting deaths of Domonique Barbour and Jimmie Lee Simmons III. Johnson is also charged with … Read more →
A 23-count indictment has charged Irving Johnson with first-degree murder in a Columbia Heights shooting that left two men dead. Johnson pleaded innocent to the charges in court on Friday. Sade Stephens, charged with being an accessory after the fact to the shooting, pleaded innocent also. A trial date was set for Feb. 4, 2013. … Read more →
Irving Johnson was ordered held today on substantial probability in connection with a triple shooting in Columbia Heights that left two men dead this summer. In court for his preliminary hearing, Johnson was ordered held while awaiting trial, even though his attorney had argued that there wasn’t enough evidence on the record to move the … Read more →
A preliminary hearing for Irving Johnson, suspected in the Columbia Heights double homicide which killed Domonique Barber and Jimmie Lee Simmons III has been postponed according to court records. Johnson was scheduled to appear in front of Judge Gerald Fisher Thursday morning. He is now scheduled for Nov. 18. Johnson was presented with the charge … Read more →
A man wanted by D.C. police in connection with a triple shooting in Columbia Heights this July has been arrested. According to a message on the Third District listserve, Irving Harris Johnson of Northwest D.C. was arrested Friday morning on suspicion of two counts of first-degree murder while armed and one count of assault with … Read more →
MPD has identified a suspect in a fatal Columbia Heights shooting that killed Domonique Barber and Jimmie Lee Simmons. Irving Harris Johnson is wanted in connection with the crime, MPD said Monday night in a press release. Johnson, 25, is a black male, 5’10, 160 pounds, with medium complexion and a lazy left eye, said … Read more →
Washington’s Other Monuments has photos of street shrines built in memory of recent homicide victims Lonnie Whitted, Jimmie Lee Simmons III, Domonique Barber and David Eduardo Gonzalez. The site also has more photos of recently built shrines, including one possibly in memory of Jeffrey Yarnell Covington. See more photos at Washington’s Other Monuments. Read more →
MPD this evening identified two men killed in a triple shooting in Columbia Heights Saturday morning as 32-year-old Jimmie Lee Simmons III and 31-year-old Domonique Barber. Both men were from Northwest D.C. A third victim was admitted to the hospital in grave condition, MPD said. Family and friends of the men commented on the crime … Read more →
Read Homicide Watch’s earlier coverage of the incident here. View “RIP Gator, RIP Jimmy” on Storify Read more →
Two people were killed and one was injured in a shooting in Columbia Heights just before 6 a.m. Saturday. NBC Washington reports that the victims are all adult men in their twenties and thirties and appeared to all be from the area. Councilman Jim Graham sent the following information to the Columbia Heights listserve: Dear … Read more →
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