Fifteen-year-old Isaiah Harris was supposed to wear his new Calvin Klein suit to prom. Instead, his family buried him in it. Harris was shot and killed May 30, 2011. Eugene Antoine Kelly was convicted in April of first-degree murder in connection with Harris’s death; he was sentenced Friday to 67 years in prison. Harris’s mother, … Read more →
A jury found Eugene Antoine Kelly guilty Monday of first-degree murder, assault with intent to kill and related weapons offenses in connection with the 2011 shooting death of 15-year-old Isaiah Daniel Harris. Judge Herbert Dixon is scheduled to sentence Kelly Aug. 6. Prosecutors argued at trial that Kelly was “frustrated” because his family did not … Read more →
A jury began deliberating Thursday in the first-degree murder case against Eugene Kelly. Much of the case hinges on the testimony of two police informants. The two key witnesses testified Monday that they saw Eugene Kelly near the neighborhood where prosecutors say he shot two teens in 2011, killing one – 15-year-old Isaiah Daniel Harris. … Read more →
Eugene Kelly usually spent Memorial Day at his brother’s gravesite. But in 2011 Kelly’s family opted not to make the visit and the 26-year-old was frustrated. And so, instead of visiting the cemetery, he went to the neighborhood where his brother was killed and he “took out his grief” by shooting two teens. One survived. … Read more →
Investigators believe that 15-year-old Isaiah Harris was killed this week by a man seeking to avenge his brother’s death. That man, Eugene Kelly, appeared in court Thursday afternoon, charged with first-degree premeditated murder. According to charging papers in the case, investigators believe that Kelly shot Harris and another young man after stating to a witness … Read more →
Eugene Antoine Kelly, a 26-year-old Northeast DC man, was arrested this morning on suspicion of killing 15-year-old Isaiah Harris this week in NE DC. He’s suspected of first degree murder while armed. MPD’s press release is after the jump. June 2, 2011 Arrest made in the Homicide of Isaiah Harris (Washington, DC)- Detectives from the … Read more →
