Oluremi Thomas, Keyonna Proctor Identified as Monday's Double Homicide Victims

Megan Arellano — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:57:21 -0500

A man and a woman who died Monday night after being shot in a home on Girard Street Northwest have been identified by police. Oluremi Thomas, 36, and Keyonna Proctor, 24, were pronounced dead at the scene.

A press release from MPD is after the jump.

On Monday, January 20, 2014, at approximately 10:56 pm, police officers from the Third District responded to a call for the report of an unconscious person. Upon arrival, they located an adult male and an adult female suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded to the scene. Neither victim exhibited any signs consistent with life. Both decedents were transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner where an autopsy will be performed.

The male victim has been identified as 36-year-old Oluremi Thomas of Northwest DC. The female victim has been identified as 24-year-old Kenyonna Proctor of Southeast, DC.

The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons wanted for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411.

Man, Woman Found Shot in NW DC Home Late Monday Night

Laura Amico — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 07:23:27 -0500

UPDATE 3:30 p.m.
MPD has identified the victims as 36-year-old Oluremi Thomas and 24-year-old Keyonna Proctor.

In a listserv message, Councilmember Jim Graham wrote that the deaths of Thomas and Proctor could be drug-related and that "there may also be a suggestion of an execution style killing." Graham also says that neither victim lived in the apartment.

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UPDATE 11:00 a.m.
WJLA reports that a cousin of the male victim found both victims with multiple gunshot wounds in the basement of a rowhouse on Girard Street NW. Neighbors told WJLA that the owners rent the basement to Howard University students.

Washington Post reporter Mike DeBonis tweets that MPD chief Cathy Lanier has said the victims don't "appear to be students at this time".

Lanier: Double homicide in Pleasant Plains home, near Howard U., 'doesn't appear to be students at this time.'

— Mike DeBonis (@mikedebonis) January 21, 2014

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A man and a woman were found dead in a home in Northwest DC late Monday night and police are investigating their deaths as a double homicide, MyFoxDC and NBC Washington report.

They had been shot, MyFoxDC reports.

Keyonna Proctor | Homicide Watch DC

Oluremi Thomas, Keyonna Proctor Identified as Monday's Double Homicide Victims

Man, Woman Found Shot in NW DC Home Late Monday Night