Homicide Watch D.C.

A woman was shot and killed in an apartment complex in Northeast DC Thursday night, according to media reports.

The woman, who has not been identified, was found shot at about 8:30 p.m. in the 3600 block of Jay Street Northeast.
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Update: WUSA has identified the teen as Jonathan Adams.

A teenager was killed in Southeast DC near Ballou High School Thursday evening, according to media reports.

Reports WUSA:

Police tell us that a 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in the 4300 block of Halley Terrace SE. Officer found the teen outside when they responded to a report of a man down at approximately 5 p.m.

Reports WJLA:

The shooting happened a few blocks from Ballou High School. There are reports that the victim could be a Ballou student.

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Erik Postell, 23, pleaded innocent Thursday to first-degree murder while armed and five other weapon charges in connection to the shooting death of 24-year-old Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo.

Charging documents state that prosecutors believe Danzo was murdered shortly after getting into a fight with Postell inside Balleto night club in Northwest DC.

On March 21, 2013, at approximately 2:50 a.m., police found Danzo in the driver’s seat of a car parked on the 1000 block of 17th Street Northwest, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the body and head. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Almost seven months later, Postell was arrested. He was the second suspect held in connection with the case.
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The murder of Jamal Coates is “not a case where there is someone that was shot in a dark alley and no one will ever be able to tell who did it,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Gee said his closing arguments Wednesday. “This happened in broad daylight at one of the busiest intersections in DC.”

Prosecutors allege that Coates’s death was a part of 80 criminal counts committed by four men linked by their allegiance to a street gang known as “G-Rod” that operated near 14th and Girard Street Northwest.

Keir Johnson, Lester Williams, Robert Givens and Marcellus Jackson are charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder, obstruction of justice, assault, and weapons charges related to the deaths of Paul Jones, Sean Robinson and Coates.

But Johnson and Williams are the men responsible for Coates’s death, prosecutors say. They are charged with conspiracy, first-degree murder, assault with intent to kill, and several weapons charges in connection with Coates’s death.
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This Comment of the Day comes from MrDave who writes about Marquette Hooks:

Damn. R.I.P to the lil homie. I had high hopes for you and saw your potential. You were doing well after Resi from what I heard and now this. Sad to see another promising young life ended over what Im sure was not worth his life.
RIP quette

“Do you believe medical records or do you believe the government’s theory? Science or speculation?” defense attorney Jason Downs asked jurors Tuesday, as Jashua Johnson’s trial for the death of Devon Brown came to a close. “Because the two don’t go together.”

Less than four hours later, those jurors found Johnson innocent of murder, acquitting him of all charges in connection with the shooting death of 22-year-old Brown. Johnson was arrested when he was 19 years old; his release forms were filed a week before his 21st birthday.

Defense attorneys argued that physical evidence showed Johnson could not have been the shooter and that witnesses who identified Johnson were impaired by marijuana consumption, poor eyesight, and for one witness, his own biases.
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A judge found substantial probability Tuesday in the case against Tsihnik Cavallero, who is accused of fatally shooting 21-year-old Marcus Minor on Jan. 24.

Minor was found shot with six gunshot wounds, including one to the back of the head, in the 1300 block of Stevens Road Southeast at approximately 2:42 p.m. in the afternoon. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Charging documents say that Minor and Cavallero both sold marijuana and hung out on Stevens Road Southeast. Two witnesses reported seeing Cavallero and Minor arguing moments before the shooting.
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Kevin McDarin Johnson, 51, was held without bond Saturday on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the death of his girlfriend, 48-year-old Detra Martin.

Martin was found unconscious and unresponsive on her bedroom floor in the 800 block of Southern Avenue in Southeast DC at about 11:00 p.m. Thursday. Police believe she was strangled. Her death was ruled a homicide on Friday.

Johnson was arrested in connection with the case Friday evening. According to charging documents, police believe that Johnson and Martin had been arguing about a loan Martin received from an old male friend.
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Lamonte Hill pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter while armed in connection with the stabbing and shooting death of 26-year-old Brian Dewayne Bloomfield.

“It happened so fast, your honor, it got out of hand,” Hill said Monday at his appearance before Judge John Ramsey Johnson.

Hill, who is now twenty-years-old, could face a sentence of five to nine years in prison. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped initial charges of second-degree murder while armed and a related weapons offense.
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A shooting in the 1300 block of Alabama Avenue, Southeast killed 18-year-old Marquette Hooks on Sunday evening, according to MPD.

Police found Hooks and another man suffering from apparent gunshot wounds at about 9:16 p.m., according to a press release. Both were taken to a local hospital; Hooks later died from his injuries.

A press release from MPD is after the jump.
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