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Fundraiser Held for Metrobus Shooting Victim's Medical Bills

Vanya Mehta — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:45:00 -0500

A popular local Go-Go group held a benefit concert Tuesday to raise money in support of Selina Brown's young child, Kodie, who was shot along with her mother in Dec. 2012, WJLA reports.

Brown was killed in that attack and Kodie survived. Brown's boyfriend, also Kodie's father, was suspected in the shooting. He later committed suicide in Hempstead, N.Y.

WJLA reports that MPD officer Derrick Ferguson and his wife Roshann, Kodie's grandparents, have taken custody of Kodie.

Kodie is 22 months old and her face was grazed by a bullet during the shooting. Ferguson told WJLA that Kodie will need reconstructive surgery for her face and also may require psychological therapy.

Reports WJLA:

[Ferguson] says a once happy little girl has become a child who frequently lashes out in anger and can no longer sleep very long.

"We've seen emotions from her that we've never seen before," Ferguson said. "She doesn't sleep during the night. She wakes up screaming for her mother. So it's just real hard."

Ferguson added that the D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier and Mayor Vincent Gray and other community leaders attended the concert to show their support.

In a December interview with Homicide Watch, Lanier called Selina Brown's murder a "horrible, horrible crime scene."

"That child, for the rest of her life, witnessed the murder of her mother by her father and will be permanently disfigured," Lanier said. "How do you forget something like that?"

DC's Street Shrines: Selina Brown, Jeffrey Tyson, and Jason Emma

Laura Amico — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:31:56 -0500

Washington's Other Monuments, which documents street shrines, has photos in memory of three of DC's recent homicide victims: Selina Brown, Jeffrey Tyson, and Jason Emma.

A sampling of the photos is below. See more at Washington's Other Monuments.

Crime scene tape marks the spot where Selina Brown was killed.

And where Jeffrey Tyson was killed.

This memorial for Jason Emma was built on C Street NE, where he was killed.

MPD Confirms Metro Shooting Suspect Javon Foster Died in Apparent Suicide

Laura Amico — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:23:53 -0500

MPD has confirmed that a man wanted in connection with a Metro bus shooting that killed 20-year-old Selina Brown on Sunday is dead.

In a press release Tuesday night, MPD said the man, 27-year-old Javon Foster, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. MPD said he was identified by fingerprints.

MPD's press release is after the jump.

December 11, 2012

Homicide Suspect Found Dead in New York

(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced that the suspect wanted in connection with the fatal shooting which occurred in the 1700 block of Minnesota Avenue, SE was found dead in New York.

On Sunday, December 9, 2012, at approximately 5:40 pm, members of the Metropolitan Police Department's Sixth District responded to the 1700 Block of Minnesota Avenue, Southeast, to investigate the sound of gunshots. Upon arrival, they located an adult female victim in an unconscious and unresponsive state in the doorway of a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority bus (METRO), suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived and determined that the victim had no signs consistent with life. The victim remained on the scene and was later transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia, pending an autopsy. A second victim, a female toddler, suffering from a gunshot wound was transported to a local hospital in stable condition. The operator of the bus sustained a non-life threatening injury.

The decedent is identified as 20-year-old Selina Brown of Northeast, Washington, DC.

The suspect was found dead in New York with what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Through finger prints, it is confirmed that the decedent is 27 year-old Javon Foster who was wanted in the shooting death of Selina Brown.

Reports: Metrobus Shooting Suspect Commits Suicide

Chris Amico — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 21:20:23 -0500

Javon Steven Foster, accused of killing 20-year-old Selina Brown as she boarded a Metrobus Sunday evening, has committed suicide in Long Island, N.Y., NBC Washington reports.

Breaking News: My DC police sources tell me suspect JavonFoster committed suicide in NY. Hes accused of killing Selina Brown @nbcwashington

— Shomari Stone (@shomaristone) December 11, 2012

MyFoxDC confirms that Foster is dead, and reports that the shooting was the culmination of a long-troubled relationship:

DC Breaking Local News Weather Sports FOX 5 WTTG

Brown is the daughter of a D.C. Police officer. Derrick Ferguson, a 16-year veteran of the department, could barely keep his composure as he talked Monday afternoon about his daughter Selina.

She was a 20-year-old who had finally had enough of a troubled relationship.

"I tried to get her to go into the Navy," says Ferguson. "I tried to get her to file complaints. She just wouldn't listen."

Selina's mother says her daughter was arguing with her boyfriend all weekend long. It was an argument she says that ended at the bus stop when Selina decided it was over.

"She would say things, but when I tell her, 'Okay, let's go file this complaint,' the next morning, she would be on the phone with him laughing and giggling," says Ferguson.

Javon Steven Foster Wanted in Metrobus Shooting of Selina Brown

Chris Amico — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:16:53 -0500

The 20-year-old woman shot to death aboard a Metrobus on Minnesota Avenue Southeast last night has been identified as Selina Brown, of Northeast D.C., according to MPD.

Javon Steven Foster is wanted for Second-Degree Murder in the shooting death of Selina Brown.

Police are searching for Javon Steven Foster, 27, who is wanted for second-degree murder in Brown's death.

MPD described Foster as a 27-year-old black man, five-foot-eight, 160 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He is considered armed and dangerous, MPD said, urging anyone who sees Foster to call police immediately.

Brown's daughter, a toddler, was also injured in the shooting and was taken to Children's National Medical Center and is expected to recover, according to the Washington Times.

MPD's full statement is below:

Suspect Wanted in Connection with
Homicide: 1700 block of Minnesota Avenue, SE

(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting which occurred in the 1700 block of Minnesota Avenue, SE.

On Sunday, December 9, 2012, at approximately 5:40 pm, members of the Metropolitan Police Department's Sixth District responded to the 1700 Block of Minnesota Avenue, Southeast, to investigate the sound of gunshots. Upon arrival, they located an adult female victim in an unconscious and unresponsive state in the doorway of a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority bus (METRO), suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived and determined that the victim had no signs consistent with life. The victim remained on the scene and was later transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia, pending an autopsy. A second victim, a female toddler, suffering from a gunshot wound was transported to a local hospital in stable condition. The operator of the bus sustained a non-life threatening injury.

The decedent is identified as 20-year-old Selina Brown of Northeast, Washington, DC.

The Metropolitan Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Javon Steven Foster, who is wanted for Murder II While Armed in the shooting death of Salina Brown. Javon Foster is described as a 27-year-old black, 5’ 8” in height, 160 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Javon Foster should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone who sees this suspect should not take action, but call police immediately.

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.

MPD Continues to Search for Suspect in Sunday Metro Bus Shooting

Sam Pearson — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:55:48 -0500

Update: MPD identified the victim as Selina Brown.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a suspect in last night's fatal shooting aboard a B2 Metro bus, WTOP reports.

The shooting, which took place around 6 p.m., killed a woman in her 20s and injured her young child. MPD has not yet released the woman's name.

NBC Washington reported that police are describing the homicide as a targeted act of domestic violence.

CBS DC reports that the driver of the bus drove away after the shooting in an effort to flee the gunfire, but officers stopped the bus a block from the attack.

WTOP reports that police have identified a suspect in the case and are continuing to look for the suspect Monday morning. Officers searched the suspect's home and issued an arrest warrant, the station says.

ABC 7 reported from the scene:

Fatal Metrobus Shooting at 19th and Minnesota SE

Chris Amico — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:17:19 -0500

Update: MPD identified the victim as Selina Brown.

A shooting aboard a Metrobus near 19th Street and Minnesota Avenue Southeast has killed one woman and sent a four-year-old child to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, NBC Washington reports.

Fatal shooting of a woman on a #metro bus Minnesota ave southeast. Child also shot, taken to hospital twitpic.com/bkmcic

— Darcy Spencer (@darcyspencer) December 9, 2012

A witness told Darcy Spencer that he heard "about four shots."

WUSA reports that the suspect was described "as a black male with dreads who was wearing an orange jacket."

The slain woman is the mother of the injured child, WTOP reports.

A Storify of updates from the scene is embedded below: