Homicide Watch D.C.

In brief:

Brian Dewayne Bloomfield, 26, was killed in Southeast DC Monday night. Police said he was stabbed and shot.

Hae Soon Lim, also known as “June” and “Grace,” was killed in Northeast DC Thursday morning. The owner of Grace Deli, her family believes that she may have been shot in the course of a robbery.

Curtis Patterson was sentenced to 11 1/2 years in prison for obstruction of justice and gun possession in connection with the October 2010 shooting death of Angelo Jones.

Sean Donnelle Hawkins, a 37-year-old Waldorf, MD man was arrested Thursday in connection with the violent death of Antwain Henderson. Henderson, 34, was found dead in a burning car in Prince George’s County on Aug 31, 2011. Police believe he was shot and killed in Northeast D.C. early that same day.

Kwan Kearney was sentenced to 45 years in prison for the shooting death of Jamal Wilson. The sentence, Judge Thomas Motley said, was to be served in addition to the 60 year sentence Kearney was given just months ago for the shooting death of Joseph Alonzo Sharps Jr.

Andre Miles was ordered held at his preliminary hearing for the shooting death of Sandy Greene III after Judge William Jackson found probable cause that Miles committed the crime of second degree murder-while armed.

Ronald Pickett pled guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed in connection with the shooting death of his fiance, Vanessa McGee. Pickett was due to go to trial Monday on a charge of second-degree murder while armed.

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Antwan Lamont Petty was killed last Saturday night in a shooting in Southeast DC.

Henry Charles Miller was killed in a shooting early last Sunday morning in Southeast DC. David Allen Shepherd was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the crime.

Amber Lynette Kent was killed in a stabbing Monday morning in Southeast DC. Cydrisse Marcha-Marie Alvin is suspected of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the crime.

Phillip Crooms was sentenced Wednesday to ten years in prison for his role in a robbery that left 29-year-old Delonte Butler dead.

Davon Holmes pled innocent to fatally stabbing Marcellus Bailey in August 2011. Holmes, 29, is charged with one count of premeditated first-degree murder while armed.

Irving Johnson pled innocent to charges including first-degree murder in a Columbia Heights shooting that killed Domonique Barbourr and Jimmie Lee Simmons III.

Brandon Terry pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed in the fatal shooting of Jhonte Coleman. Coleman was killed in November 2011 after a party at Heritage India in Dupont Circle.

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Ricardo Mandrell Lancaster of Fort Washington, MD. was killed in a shooting that took place in Southeast DC Thursday morning.

MPD released a video of a “person if interest” connected to a fatal stabbing that occurred in the 400 block of Florida Avenue, Northwest on May 1. The stabbing killed 33-year-old Dwayne Edward Brisbon.

Ronnell James was sentenced to 32 years in prison for the stabbing death of Robert Beidleman Jr.

In a three day preliminary hearing, Judge Thomas Motley found probable cause in the case against Alex Cater, accused in the New Year’s Eve stabbing death of Leroy Studevant. Cater was ordered held on the charge.

Jamar Delante George, a 25-year-old Northeast DC man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the May 2011 shooting death of Ronnie Speight Jr. He is suspected of first degree murder.

Alexander Gomez-Enamorado, a 22-year-old Port Republic, Md. man, was arrested Thursday in connection with a 2010 homicide in Northwest DC. Police say he stabbed 54-year-old Miguel Ventura of Lanham, Maryland on Nov. 8, 2010 killing him.

Reginald Green pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed in the stabbing death of Alfonza Flythe at what was supposed to be his preliminary hearing on Friday.

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Yolanda Stone, shot in February, died late Sunday night and her death has been ruled a homicide. MPD is searching for her ex-boyfriend, Reynard Cook, who is a suspect in the case.

Alex Carter, also known as Alex Cater, was presented with a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the death 56-year-old Leroy Studevant. MPD said Carter’s jacket tested positive for Studevant’s blood.

Herbert Hancock Hayes was arrested in connection with the stabbing death of John Wesley Griffin.

Levern Butler, 27, was killed in a shooting in Barry Farm early Tuesday morning.

Stephen Barnes was sentenced to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of Stephon Emmanuel Way, which occurred at a Northeast DC gas station in December. A teenage girl was wounded in that shooting.

Judge Thomas Motley found probable cause that David Bolden, 33, stabbed 34-year-old Lamont Antonio Devore early in the morning of May 1 on Kenilworth Avenue Northeast. A detective testified that Devore called 911 to report the stabbing.

The second-degree murder charge against Jewell Washington in the death of Mark Goldring was dismissed.

Christopher Williams, 20, waived his right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday. He is one of three suspects in the January stabbing death of Kevin Blackwell Jr.

Vincent Gray and Delron Atchison pled innocent to charges connected to the fatal shooting of Demetrius Emmanuel Thompson onboard a Metro bus in October.

Stephanie Lawson pled innocent to a charge of first-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Karen Jordan.

Curtis Patterson‘s sentencing was delayed for a second time this month because his attorney has twice been absent. Patterson pled guilty to crimes in connection to the shooting death of Angelo Jones.

Also check out Lloyd Wolfe’s photos of a street memorial to Sandy Greene, and this Guest Column from J.L.M, who’s child’s father, Troy Monroe, was killed May 18 in Mount Vernon. She writes:

He was expecting his first daughter in July, and now that privilege has been taken away from him because someone shot him and left him to die. His family is devastated as no one should ever have to bury a son/brother/uncle/and father this early. Troy was a good man and very free spirited and didn’t deserve to leave the world like this.

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John Wesley Griffin, 42, of Southeast, Washington, DC, was fatally stabbed in the 1200 block of North Capitol Street NW late Friday night no arrests have been announced.

A man shot in July has died of his injuries; his death was ruled a homicide this week. MPD identified the man as 43 year-old Pernell Lonnie Dawkins of Southeast, Washington, DC. In a press release MPD said Dawkins was shot in the 300 block of Ridge Road, SE at about 2:30 a.m. on July 17. He succumbed to his injuries on March 14.

Dominique Campbell, 41, of Southeast, DC, was killed by MPD officers in Southeast DC. According to reports, he was out walking his dogs late Monday night when he exchanged gunfire with police.

A Grand Jury indictment charges a Trinidad-area group with three murders in five months, including the deaths of Tyrell Fogle, Isaiah Sheffield, and Steven Moore.

Zachary Sims was found innocent of the most serious charges against him, after a DC jury found that there was not sufficient evidence to believe that Sims killed 16-year-old Jamal Bell following a graduation party in June 2010. Sims, 19, had been charged with killing Bell and wounding two others when he fired a gun into a crowd of young people in front of him as they left a party on Georgia Avenue.

MPD released a video of a “person of interest” in the stabbing death of baby Kuron Rashad Hunt, who was delivered after his mother was stabbed in the abdomen. Watch the video here.

Marine Michael Poth was discharged from military service this week, the same day as his preliminary hearing on a charge of second-degree murder. Poth is suspected in the stabbing death of fellow Marine Philip Bushong. Substantial probability was found in the case and Poth was ordered held on the charge.

MPD released a video of two suspects in the shooting death of Raj Patel at his Brookland shop, Newton Avenue FoodMart. Watch the video here.

Alex Carter, a 31-year-old Northeast DC man, was arrested today on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the death of Leroy Studevant. Studevant was found dead in Marvin Gaye Park on New Years Eve, the victim of an apparent strangulation. He is considered the first homicide victim of 2012.

A psychologist who examined Petworth teen Michael Davis in advance of his preliminary hearing on charges that he struck at least three people with a hammer, killing one of them, described the teen as alert, pleasant, and cooperative, but noted that he showed cognitive deficits and would require intense therapy in order to be able to proceed with his case. The psychologist’s report was made public Friday after Judge Robert Morin ruled earlier in the week that the document must be unsealed.

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Michael Oshea Smith died after being shot in Barry Farm early Saturday morning; a second shooting victim found with Smith survived.

Jurors found five young men guilty in the South Capitol Street shootings more than two years after the killings and nearly two weeks of jury deliberations. The crime: Five people under the age of 21 were shot and killed over eight days in March 2010: Jordan Howe, 20; Brishell Jones, 16; DaVaughn Boyd, 18; William Jones III, 19; Tavon Nelson, 17. Orlando Carter, 22, and Jeffrey Best, 23, were convicted on five counts of first-degree murder, as well as charges of assault, conspiracy, gun possession and destruction of property. Robert Bost, 23, was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder, while Sanquan Carter, 21, was convicted of one count. Lamar Williams, 23, was found guilty of multiple counts of second-degree murder, as well as gun possession and conspiracy charges.Sentencing is scheduled for September.

David Bolden was ordered held on a charge of first-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Lamont Devore.

Jury deliberations began in the case against Zachary Sims, accused of fatally shooting 16-year-old Jamal Bell at a Go-Go themed graduation party in Northwest DC in June 2010.

Michael Davis, the brother of football stars Vernon and Vontae Davis, was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of 66-year-old Denver man Gary Dederichs. Judge Robert Morin, however, found the 19-year-old mentally incompetent to stand trial at this time. Davis is also suspected in four other similar but non-fatal attacks that took place in the hours after Dederichs was killed. At a preliminary hearing in the case, Morin said it was likely that all five of the attacks can be tied to Davis.

Stanley Moghalu, 25, Kevin Charles, 21, Johnnie Harris, 20, were arrested in connection with the December 2011 shooting death of Steven Curtis Moore.

Brian Gaither and Johnnie Sweets rejected plea offers from the government that would cap their potential sentences at 38 years for the murder of 18-year-old Latisha Frazier.

In brief:

Sandy Green III died after being shot multiple times in Southeast DC mid-morning Monday. Andre Miles, a nineteen-year-old Southeast DC man, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of first degree murder in connection with the case.

Dwayne Brisbon was killed in an early morning stabbing on Florida Avenue Tuesday.

Also Tuesday, Lamont Davore was killed in a stabbing near Kenilworth Avenue and Quarles Street NE. Police have arrested 33-year-old David Bolden.

A little more than two weeks after his arrest, Keyon Caldwell pled guilty to one charge of voluntary manslaughter while armed in the shooting death of Draynell Paul Henderson.

Dietrich Baker, a 23-year-old Northeast DC man, was arrested on Sunday in connection with the shooting death of James Ray Sherrod on April 28 on Kenilworth Terrace NE. Baker was ordered held pending a preliminary hearing.

Terrell Brent was sentenced to three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of Lugus Fleming. The two teens were playing Russian Roulette when Brent shot and killed Fleming.

The deaths of two 19-year-old DC men have been determined to be “justified” by MPD and will not be included in this year’s count of homicide victims.  Stephen Horsley and Dalontray Williams were killed in separate incidents two weeks apart in January.

More than seven years after his death, police still have no leads in the fatal shooting of 9-year-old Donte Manning in Columbia Heights.

On Saturday MPD Chief Cathy Lanier was on Morse Street in Trinidad handing out fliers about Melvin Seals’ death four years ago. A $50,000 reward is offered in the case.

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US Marine Michael Poth was presented with a charge of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of fellow Marine Philip Bushong.

The seven men convicted of the brutal 1984 H Street murder of Catherine Fuller were in court Monday, the first day of a hearing on new evidence which they hope may set them free.

Gary Dederichs, a 66-year-old nurse visiting from Denver, Colo., was found unconscious in a Petworth alley Tuesday and was pronounced dead a few hours later. Police believe he is part of a string of bludgeoning attacks in that neighborhood, in which four others have been injured. Michael Davis, 19, has been arrested on suspicion in two of those attacks and charged with assault with intent to kill.

Meeko Carraway was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the shooting death of 29-year-old Darrel Hendy.

Albrecht Muth has been ruled incompetent to stand trial, but a mental health report leaves open the possibility that he could be ready to stand trial in October. Muth is accused of killing his wife, 91-year-old Viola Drath.

A judge found substantial probability that Raymond Faunteroy, 26, killed 19-year-old Derrick Ragland in December 2011. Police believe Faunteroy shot Ragland as revenge for robbing him days earlier.

The South Capitol trial has gone to the jury. Five men are accused in the mass shooting that left five others—all under age 20—dead in March 2010.

Rickey Pharr was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the shooting death ofAngelo Jones in Clay Terrace in 2010.

A shooting inside a Kenilworth Terrace apartment killed a man Saturday.

A man was shot and killed at about 1:30 Sunday morning in Northeast DC. The victim has not been identified.

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George Hardy was shot and killed Tuesday night in the 3300 block of 14th Place of Southeast DC.

Aaron Henderson was found in a Trinidad alley suffering from blunt force injuries to his head late Wednesday night. He died and MPD said the death was being investigated as a homicide. MPD later said that the case had not yet been ruled a homicide.

Marine Philip Bushong was killed on Barracks Row in Southeast DC early Saturday morning. A fellow Marine, Michael Joseph Poth, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with the case. MPD said that Poth may have said a “homophobic slur” before the stabbing.

Two 17-year-olds, charged as juveniles, were arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the January 2011 shooting death of 16-year-old Bryant Morillo. One is the teens is reported to have confessed to the the crime.

John Smith was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the stabbing death of Elaine Coleman, who was found dead in her apartment on Dec. 4.

Ricardo Mitchell pled innocent Wednesday in the shooting death of Wyatt Earp Robinson; Fox5 reported last week that Mitchell’s girlfriend, a police officer, has pled guilty to charges connected to the case. Mitchell is charged with first-degree murder while armed with the aggravating circumstance that the murder was “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.”

Marcus McLean pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of second-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Delando King in Northwest DC.

With closing arguments underway, Homicide Watch DC looks back on the two years since five people under the age of 20 were shot and killed in what has become known as the South Capitol Street Massacre.

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Draynell Paul Henderson was killed in a shooting in a Northeast DC apartment building Thursday evening; Keyon Caldwell was arrested at the scene of the shooting and later presented with a charge of second-degree murder.

Sirrocco Delonte Johnson was killed in a shooting in Southeast DC late Friday night.

Patricia Cave was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of Lamont Warren. The two-day trial largely focused on Cave’s claim to self-defense. Jury deliberations lasted one day. Once the jury filed out of the courtroom, Cave thanked the judge and walked into arms of the dozen or so supporters who had silently shed tears of joy and gasped at the verdict. “Thank you, Jesus,” Cave said, with tears in her eyes.

Malachi Hansan Hargrove pleaded innocent this week after turning himself in on a charge of first-degree murder. The Grand Jury has already indicted the case. Hargrove is suspected in the shooting death of 19-year-old Osman Al-Akbar near Meridian Hill Park in August 2011.

A police officer who witnessed Wyatt Earp Robinson’s shooting death in Northeast DC pled guilty. The officer, Antonia McClam, was charged with obstruction of justice and neglect of an officer to make an arrest, Fox5’s Paul Wagner reported.

Sixteen-year-old Christian Navarrette-Rivas was sentenced to six years in prison for voluntary manslaughter in the death of 22-year-old Miguel Drullard. Navarrette-Rivas pleaded guilty in January to driving his red Jeep Liberty and intentionally striking Drullard on Oct. 16, 2011. The car drug Drullard as it moved forward and Drullard later died from his injuries.

Reginald Vance has pled guilty to being an accessory in the fatal assault on Keith Banks in Nov. 2010.

James Brewer, Stephen Page, and Anthony Thomas, accused in the shooting death of 71-year-old Solomon Reese, have been charged with first-degree felony murder, in addition to conspiracy, burglary, and the armed robbery of a senior citizen.. They each pled innocent to the charges.

A man who, along with Jeffrey Covington, was the subject of an armed robbery attempt that left Covington dead, has been charged alongside the shooter who is suspected of murder. An indictment filed last week charges Jeffrey Blount with obstruction of justice, tampering with evidence, and illegal possession of a firearm. The indictment states that Blount and Covington, known respectively as “Big Jeff” and “Lil’ Jeff,” were the subjects of a robbery perpetrated by William Faison. Faison is charged with first-degree felony murder.

DC Councilman Phil Mendelson has asked the District’s 911 system director for a full explanation of how a 911 operator failed to respond to a call for help from a witness to Angelo Jones’ 2010 shooting death in Clay Terrace. In a letter sent to the head of the District’s 911 system, he asked for specifics about the operator’s retraining and any disciplinary action that was taken.