Michael Smith Pleads Guilty To Charges Connected To Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo Murder

Michael Smith pleaded guilty last Wednesday to fleeing law enforcement, acting as an accessory after the fact to an assault with intent to kill, and one other weapons charge in connection with the shooting death of 24-year-old Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo. On March 21, police found Danzo around 2:50 a.m. in the driver’s seat of … Read more →

Erik Postell Held for Grand Jury Investigation in Nightclub Shooting Death of Paul Tanoh Danzo

Judge Lynn Leibovitz found substantial probability Friday in the case against Erik Postell. Postell, 24, is suspected of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of 24-year-old Paul Aime Tanoh-Danzo. On March 21, around 2:50 a.m., police found Danzo in the driver’s seat of a car outside of Balletto nightclub in Northwest … Read more →

Erik Postell Held in Connection With Shooting Death of Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo

Erik Postell, 23, was presented last Saturday with a charge of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of 24-year-old Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo. Postell is the second suspect to be held in connection with the case. Michael Smith was arrested in connection with Danzo’s death in September. The case against Postell … Read more →

Second Arrest in DC Nightclub Shooting Death of Paul Aime Danzo

A 24-year-old Southeast DC man has been arrested in connection with a March shooting outside a DC nightclub that left one man dead. Erik Postell was arrested Friday on suspicion of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the death of Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo, MPD said Friday evening. Danzo was found by police on … Read more →

License Plate Design, Gun Among Evidence in Fatal NW DC Nightclub Shooting

Judge Frederick Sullivan found that there was substantial evidence Wednesday in the case against 33-year-old Michael A. Smith. Smith is suspected of taking part in a shooting that led to the death of Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo. He is charged with first-degree murder while armed and other related offenses. Prosecutors allege that Danzo was shot … Read more →

Michael Smith Indicted in Murder of Paul Danzo

Michael Smith, 33, was arraigned last Friday on charges of first-degree murder while armed, and other related offenses in connection with the shooting death of 24-year-old Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo. The charges were part of a case that initially charged Smith as being an accessory to Danzo’s murder. The case against Smith is not listed … Read more →

Arrest Made in NW DC Nightclub Shooting

MPD said Friday afternoon that one person has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo outside the Balletto nightclub in Northwest DC. A camera captured video of the two men showing their identification cards as they enter what looks to be a nightclub. On Friday afternoon police said one … Read more →

Michael A. Smith

  • Age: 33
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: Unknown

Guilty of lesser charges in the March 21, 2013 death of Paul Aime Tanoh Danzo.