Five homicides were reported in DC this week, Ronald Plight, 31, Solomon James Okoroh, 57, Malik Spears, 16, and Rodney Ellis Gardner, 33. Their deaths bring the total number of homicides reported in DC this year to 33.
- Ronald Plight, 31, was fatally shot last Saturday night in the 4400 block of Benning Road Northeast. He was found injured shortly after 8 p.m. and was taken to a hospital where he died. Later in the week, police released surveillance video of a “person of interest” in the case.
- Solomon James Okoroh, a 57-year-old taxi driver from Lanham, Md., was shot while behind the wheel of his cab in Adams Morgan early Tuesday morning. Ercell Overton, 32, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with Okoroh’s death.
- Malik Spears, a 16-year-old from Southeast, was found Monday night shot in a hallway of a building in the 1200 block of Brentwood Road. He was transported to a hospital and died Tuesday. He is the second teenager killed in DC this year.
- Rodney Ellis Gardner, 33, was shot and killed in Southeast DC Wednesday. Police found him injured in the 1600 block of 21st Place SE at around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
- Andre Wilson, 26, was killed in a double shooting in Northwest D.C. early Thursday morning. Police found Wilson in the 1100 block of 1st Place Northwest around 3:30 a.m. Thursday suffering from gunshot wounds; he later died at a local hospital. A second victim in that shooting was treated and released.
Rashid Caviness-Bey was found guilty Monday of second-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of 19-year-old Osman Al-Akbar. Jurors deliberated for two days. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 2.
DeAndre Shaheed was arrested in connection with the March shooting death of 31-year-old Akinwole Olu Williams. Shaheed, 18, was ordered held pending a preliminary hearing in the case.
Kevin Brown was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with the February shooting death of 19-year-old James Edward Dean.
Ariston Jamal Dickson was sentenced to eight years in prison in connection with the shooting death of 23-year-old Robert Maurice Lesueur.
Alexander Buckley pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of 18-year-old Siohban Nicole Lee.
Each week, Homicide Watch brings you a list of upcoming hearings in the cases we follow. All hearings are scheduled for 9:30 a.m. unless otherwise noted. To add an item to the listing, email homicidewatchdc [at] gmail.com. To see scheduled court hearings beyond next week, see our calendar.
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Alexander Buckley pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed Friday in connection with the shooting death of 18-year-old Siohban Nicole Lee.
According to court documents, Buckley, 22, and Lee began communicating through a social media site called “Tagged” about a week before the shooting. The site allows people to text over the Internet with a smart phone app; Lee and Buckley eventually exchanged cell phone numbers.
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Judge John Ramsey Johnson sentenced Ariston Jamal Dickson Friday to eight years in prison in connection with the shooting death of 23-year-old Robert Maurice Lesueur.
Dickson, 21, was arrested in connection with Lesueur’s death on October 23, 2012, just one day after police found Lesueur in his ex-girlfriend’s apartment suffering from gunshot wounds to the chest and face. Lesueur later died at the hospital.
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Judge Karen Howze ordered Kevin Brown held Friday pending a preliminary hearing in connection with the shooting death of 19-year-old James Edward Dean.
Police found Dean lying on the sidewalk in the 3100 block of Buena Vista Terrace Southeast around 5 p.m. February 10; he later died at Prince George’s County Hospital.
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Ronald Page‘s son Adrian took the stand Thursday at his father’s murder trial, telling jurors about the argument he had with his father that left his half-brother, Nicholas Ray Satcher, dead.
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A man who was fatally shot in Northwest D.C. Thursday morning has been identified as 26-year-old Andre Wilson.
Metropolitan police found Wilson in the 1100 block of 1st Place Northwest around 3:30 a.m. Thursday suffering from gunshot wounds; he later died at a local hospital.
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A man who was shot and killed in Southeast DC Wednesday has been identified as 33-year-old Rodney Ellis Gardner.
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One man was killed and another injured in a shooting in Northwest DC early Thursday morning.
WUSA reports that the surviving victim was shot in the foot.
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Police found a man with multiple gunshot wounds in the street in Southeast DC Wednesday evening; he was the first of what would be two violent deaths overnight.
WUSA reports that police responded to the 1600 block of 21st Street SE for a report of a shooting shortly after 10 p.m. Wednesday night.
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