Homicide Watch D.C.

Alexis Pineda pleaded innocent today after a grand jury indicted him on a charge of first degree murder while armed in the March 27 shooting that killed Jose Hernandez-Romero in a downtown D.C. restaurant. Police believe the shooting was random. Court documents say Pineda and Hernandez-Romero, both 24 years old, were at El Sauce on … Read more →

Note: At Homicide Watch we think it’s important that all those involved in murder cases have access to the reporting about the case, no matter their native language or English fluency. For that reason, we have decided to present this post in both English (here) and in Spanish (below). If you would like to help … Read more →

Alexis Pineda was ordered held on substantial probability this morning by Judge Gerald Fisher in the shooting death of Jose Hernandez-Romero at a downtown D.C. bar on March 7. Pineda, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, is a flight risk and a danger to society, Fisher said. Pineda used the services of a Spanish language … Read more →

A Guatemalan man accused of shooting Jose Hernandez-Romero, 24, to death in a downtown D.C. bar early Sunday morning was ordered held without bond today and presented with a premeditated first-degree murder while armed charge in the case. Alexis Pineda, also 24, appeared in court shackled and wearing a white jail jumpsuit. He did not … Read more →

District police are reporting an arrest in a fatal shooting last night. The victim, 24-year-old Jose Hernandez-Romero of the 1400 block of N Street, NW, died at a local hospital around 5 a.m. According to a posting on the local police listseve, Hernandez-Romero was shot inside of an 11th Street business. This morning at 2:25 … Read more →