According to mental health evaluators, Leon Allen Smith is uncooperative, antagonistic, defensive and argumentative. But his behaviors are organized and goal oriented. He interacts with select peers, communicates his needs, plays video games and carries out daily living normally.
Based on these factors, evaluators believe Smith may be intentionally trying to avoid criminal proceedings. Further mental health observation has been ordered to determine whether this is the case, or if Smith is in fact mentally ill as he claims.
Smith, 29, has been held on a charge of second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of 45-year-old Stephan Manuel Pool. Smith’s preliminary hearing has been postponed pending a determination on his mental health examination.
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A teenager who was fatally stabbed Wednesday has been identified as 17-year-old Ernest Hart of Southeast D.C.
Police found Hart in the 4600 block of Hillside Road SE around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday suffering from a stab wound. He was transported to the hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Hart is the third teenager to be killed in D.C. this year.
A press release from MPD is after the jump.
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A man who was shot and killed Wednesday evening in Northeast D.C. has been identified as 42-year-old Dawon Markham of Mitchellville, Md.
Police found Markham suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the 200 block of 62nd Street NE around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday; he later died at the hospital.
A press release from MPD is below.
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Kiki left this Comment of the Day in memory of 26-year-old Brian DeWayne Bloomfield who was fatally shot and stabbed in the 3400 block of 13th Place Southeast on June 11, 2012:
Man its been a year since u been gone…not a day go by that i don’t think about you R.I.P FATBOY love KIKI
NBC Washington reports that a juvenile was fatally stabbed Wednesday evening in Southeast D.C.
The stabbing occurred in the 4600 block of Hillside Road SE around 9 p.m. Wednesday; the victim later died at the hospital.
The victim’s identity has yet to be released.
Several media outlets report that a male victim was shot and killed in D.C. Wednesday evening.
According to NBC Washington, police found the man in the 200 block of 62nd Street Northeast suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have not yet released the victim’s identity.
Floyd Neal and Lafeyette Robinson, two alleged accomplices in the March shooting death of Akinwole Olu Williams, have been arrested on charges of felony murder in connection with Williams’ death. Neal, 20, was ordered held Tuesday pending a preliminary hearing scheduled June 27. Court documents say that Robinson, 19, was admitted to Howard University Hospital; he is scheduled to be presented before a judge upon his release.
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The murder trial against Andrew Williams, which was expected to begin jury selection this week, has been postponed until November because prosecutors have not been able to subpoena a witness who they believe is very important to the government’s case.
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According to NBC Washington, the mother of 18-year-old stabbing victim Olijawon Emmanuel Griffin has been told by prosecutors in the case that charges may be reduced against six of the seven suspects charged in connection with her son’s death.
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Allen Wayne Culver was ordered held Saturday on a charge of second-degree murder while armed pending a preliminary hearing scheduled July 1 in connection with the shooting death of 31-year-old Robert Plight.
Prosecutors allege Culver, 24, shot and killed Plight after being confronted for attempting to rob Plight’s younger brother.
Arrest documents in the case say that Plight’s brother and friends were approached from behind by Culver as they walked from a gas station in the 4400 block of Benning Road Northeast.
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