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Weekend Read: How DYRS Ignored Judge's Recomendations for Tyronn Garner

Laura Amico — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 10:37:03 -0500

MyFoxDC has this story, which is our Weekend Read this week, about how DYRS ignored a DC judge's recommendations for Tyronn Garner, a DC youth who was killed in a shooting in Georgetown on Halloween.

"The problem with this particular case" said [Jim Graham], "Is that we don't know why DYRS management decided not to follow what they had agreed to do and what the judge had recommended because people are sent for drug treatment all the time to Abraxas by DYRS."

What really troubles Graham is the fact there is no drug treatment at New Beginnings.

"There in lies the rub of what went wrong, now there are other questions about this case but that's the principle question and of course under this shield of confidentiality we can't find out why they did it," said Graham.

Questions Why DYRS Didn't Follow Judge's Recommendation on Tyronn Garner: MyFoxDC.com

Vigil For Tyronn Garner

Laura Amico — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 09:52:42 -0500

A vigil was held for Tyronn Garner last night in Southeast DC. MyFoxDC had this report.

Vigil held for Georgetown Shooting Victim: MyFoxDC.com

MPD Statement on Fatal Halloween Shooting in Georgetown

Laura Amico — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:27:13 -0500

The following is from MPD:

November 8th, 2011

Homicide: 2800 Block of M Street, NW

(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating the fatal shooting which occurred in the 2800 block of M Street, NW

On Monday, October 31, 2011 at approximately 10:50 pm, units from the Second District responded to the 2800 block of M Street, NW to investigate the report of a shooting. Upon their arrival, they discovered the victim suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and Emergency Personnel responded to the scene and transported the victim to an area hospital where he admitted in grave condition.

On Monday, November 7, 2011, at 8:10 pm the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.

The decedent has been identified as 17 year-old Tyronn Vincent Garner of Southeast, Washington, DC.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099 or
1-888-919-CRIME (1-888-919-2746).

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.
Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to DC CRIME SOLVERS at 1-800-673-2777 and to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411. If the information provided by the caller to the Crime Solvers Unit leads to an arrest and indictment, that caller will be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.

Teen Shot in Georgetown on Halloween has Died, Report WJLA, Fox5

Laura Amico — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:05:01 -0500

A 17-year-old shot in Georgetown on Halloween has died of his injuries, WJLA, NBC Washington and Fox5 report.

The teen, identified as Tyrone Garner, was shot in the 2800 block of M Street NW shortly before 11 p.m. on Halloween. He was one of six people shot that night, but the only one known, at this point, to have died.

The Washington Times reported last week that Garner was a ward of DYRS.

D.C. Superior Court Judge Milton C. Lee Jr. had recommended that Tyrone be placed at a secure residential treatment center in Pennsylvania that specializes in hard-to-place juvenile populations, said DYRS sources who were not authorized to talk on the record.

But DYRS Director Neil A. Stanley placed him at New Beginnings, the District’s detention and rehabilitation center in Laurel, apparently angering the judge who on Sept. 30 vacated the youth’s commitment and placed him on probation with Court Social Services, the sources said.

The terms of his probation are unclear, though sources said he was residing with his mother at the time of the shooting incident

Reports WJLA:

Witnesses told ABC7 that the incident started when two groups of teens started fighting near the corner of 28th and N streets Northwest in the midst of Halloween celebrations.

A witness then says three shots rang out and people scattered.

The Washington Post reported that the shooting happened when

Groups of young people were walking in opposite directions on M Street near 28th Street, and when they met, members of one group began bragging about their neighborhood. That sparked responses and, eventually, violence, the sources said.

Georgetown Patch reported that MPD and the US Attorney's Office participated in an ANC meeting where the shooting was discussed.

Capt. Jeffrey Herold of the Metropolitan Police Department said police officers were stationed on nearly every corner in Georgetown on Halloween. Unrelated to the shooting, three robbery arrests were made and three firearms, including a sawed-off shotgun, were recovered for people throughout the course of the evening.

Herold, who has helped patrol the Georgetown area for the past 22 Halloweens, said other areas of the city were completely dead on Monday night. "It was a little bit more dramatic (in Georgetown) than any other Halloween I've seen," he said.

U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen, who participated in a community dialogue at the meeting, said gang activity is not suspected at this point. When the police conclude their investigation, Machen said he anticipates prosecuting the crime severely, even if the suspected shooter is a teenager.

"If you commit an adult crime, you're going to do adult time," Machen said.

A roundup of coverage of the shooting is below.

Teen Shot in Georgetown on Halloween: MyFoxDC.com