The U.S. Attorney’s Office has dropped a first-degree murder charge against James Anthony Speaks, who had been indicted in the April 6, 2011 murder of Shonell “Chris” Corriea. Speaks’ attorney said Wednesday that evidence had shown Speaks to be innocent. Speaks was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder on April 12, 2011, and was detained … Read more →
James Speaks pleaded innocent today to a charge of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Shonell Chris Corriea. Speaks was arrested April 12 on suspicion of second-degree murder. Prosecutors allege that Corriea was killed in a Petworth alley on April 6 after telling his mother he was going outside to … Read more →
At times today in Judge Gerald Fisher’s courtroom, it seemed like James Speaks, the man sitting at the defense desk in an orange jumpsuit, was not in fact the man under suspicion. Speaks was arrested April 12 on suspicion of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Shonell “Chris” Corriea in a Petworth ally the … Read more →
Last Wednesday night, Shonell “Chris” Correia was sitting on the couch in his living room talking with his mother and checking the caller ID numbers on the house phone. Twenty minutes later he was dead. According to details in the criminal complaint against James Speaks, accused of second-degree murder in Correia’s death, after checking the … Read more →
James Speaks appeared in court late this afternoon on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in the shooting death of Shonell “Chris” Corriea on April 6. Speaks was presented with the charge and a preliminary hearing was set for Friday April 22. Shackled and wearing a white jumpsuit, Speaks hung his head through the brief … Read more →
James Anthony Speaks, a 22-year-old Northwest D.C. man, has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Shonell Correia on Quincy Street NW last week. MPD’s press release follows: Arrest Made in the Homicide in the 700 Block of Quincy Street, NW (Washington, DC) —Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide … Read more →
Friends and families are mourning the violent deaths of six people who lost their lives in four days of violence last week. Vigils and memorials started over the weekend and are likely to continue throughout the week. The victims are: Shonell Corriea, aka Chris, a 22-year-old father from Northwest D.C. He was shot and killed … Read more →
In a night marred by shootings and stabbings in three quadrants of D.C., young people across the city got word late Wednesday and early Thursday that friends had been killed. The first victim, 22-year-old Shonell Corriea, known to friends by his middle name, Chris, was shot to death in the 700 block of Quincy Street … Read more →
MPD tonight identified the victim of Petworth’s fatal shooting Wednesday night as 22-year-old Shonell Corriea. MPD’s press release is after the jump. ( Washington, DC) —Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred in the 700 block of Quincy Street N.W. On Wednesday, April 6, 2011, at approximately 9:40 … Read more →
UPDATE: MPD Commander Kimberly Chisley-Missouri said this afternoon that there is “no information” at this time that a fatal shooting in Petworth last night was gang or crew related. Read her message after the jump. There are no further details on the homicide. We have no information to indicate this is gang/crew related. Currently year … Read more →
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