A grand jury indicted Joseph Peoples Tuesday on a charge of first-degree murder, assault with intent to kill, and three weapons charges in connection with the shooting death of 30-year-old Michael Edward Jones. Peoples, 21, waived his right to appear before the judge for his arraignment Friday, but his defense attorney, Jason Downs, pled innocent … Read more →
Joseph Peoples was ordered held yesterday after Judge Ronna Beck found substantial probability that he took part in the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Michael Edward Jones this month. Beck’s ruling was the second finding of substantial probability in the case: Magistrate Judge Karen Howze found substantial probability at People’s first court appearance on the charge … Read more →
Joseph Peoples was ordered held today pending a preliminary hearing after Judge Karen Howze ruled that there was substantial probability that he engaged in a shootout in Southeast DC killing one man and injuring another. The shooting killed 30-year-old Michael Edward Jones. According to charging documents in the case, Peoples was identified, in part, from … Read more →
A 21-year-old Northeast DC man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the shooting death of Michael Edward Jones. The suspect, Joseph Peoples, is suspected of second-degree murder in the case. A press release from MPD is below. July 11, 2012 Homicide Arrest: 1700 Block of 7th Street, NW (Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s … Read more →
A stabbing and two shootings killed three men last night. MPD has now identified the men as Charles Anthony Scott Jr, Michael Edward Jones and Davon Brown. Scott, 20, was one of two men found stabbed on the 5300 block of Ames Street Northeast. Jones, 30, was found “unconscious and unresponsive suffering from a gunshot … Read more →
Update: This story has been updated to include information from MPD that that victim is 30-year-old Michael Edward Jones. A double shooting near 7th and R Street NW — about a block from the Shaw Metro stop — left one man dead Saturday night, NBC Washington, WJLA and WUSA report. The shooting happened around 11:30 … Read more →
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