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Rhett Gelb, 22, died Wednesday of a gunshot wound he sustained Monday evening. Gelb was found shot in the unit block of Hamilton Street NW around 8 p.m. Monday.
Nathaniel Nugent, 20, was found unconscious behind a home in the 5300 block of 14th Street just before 6 p.m. Wednesday. He had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene.
After eluding authorities for almost a year, Reynaud Cook appeared in custody at DC Superior Court Wednesday on murder and assault charges in connection with the 2012 shooting death of 30-year-old Yolanda Stone. His case has been delayed, however, while mental health profesionals conduct a full mental health evaluation, the results of which are due to the court in August.
Ellsworth Colbert was sentenced Wednesday to 17 years in prison for the March 2012 stabbing death of 38-year-old Robert Leroy Wright.
The case against Rashid Caviness-Bey went to jurors Thursday after closing arguments were made in the case. The jury has not yet reached a verdict. In closing arguments, prosecutors argued that Osman Al-Akbar’s death was the result of a robbery gone awry, which Caviness-Bey and two others planned together. Defense attorneys said, though, that Caviness-Bey had nothing to do with the attempted robbery, and that his presence near the crime scene on the morning of the murder was a mere coincidence.
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A full mental health evaluation has been ordered for Reynaud Cook, accused of shooting and killing Yolanda Stone last year.
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Prosecutors in the murder trial of Rashid Caviness-Bey say that Osman Al-Akbar’s death was the result of a robbery gone awry, which Caviness-Bey and two others planned together. Defense attorneys say, though, that Caviness-Bey had nothing to do with the attempted robbery, and that his presence near the crime scene on the morning of the murder was a mere coincidence.
These were the closing arguments jurors heard Thursday afternoon.
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A man found fatally shot in Northwest DC Wednesday evening has been identified by police as 20-year-old Nathaniel Nugent of Northwest DC.
Nugent was found unconscious behind a home in the 5300 block of 14th Street just before 6 p.m. He had been shot and was pronounced dead at the scene.
A press release from MPD is after the jump.
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A Tacoma Park, Md., resident has died of gunshot wounds sustained in Northwest D.C. Monday evening; he was pronounced dead Wednesday.
Rhett Gelb, 22, was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the unit block of Hamilton Street NW around 8 p.m. Monday. He was admitted to the hospital in critical condition and succumbed to his injuries Wednesday. Read more
A man was found shot to death outside a home in Northwest DC Wednesday evening, NBC Washington reports.
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Judge Herbert Dixon sentenced Ellsworth Colbert Wednesday to 17 years in prison for the March 2012 stabbing death of 38-year-old Robert Leroy Wright.
In January, a jury found Colbert, 56, guilty of voluntary manslaughter while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, and carrying a dangerous weapon outside of a home or business in connection with the case.
During sentencing Wednesday, Colbert addressed the court at length, while asserting that he was not the instigator of the conflict between himself and Wright.
“I have remorse for Robert Wright’s mother and my mother both,” Colbert said. “Both mothers lost their sons. [I had] no intent of ever killing him, I was trying to defend myself.”
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After eluding police for almost a year, Reynaud Cook appeared in custody at DC Superior Court Wednesday on murder and assault charges in connection with the 2012 shooting death of 30-year-old Yolanda Stone.
Judge Karen Howze ordered him held pending a preliminary hearing and scheduled a mental observation hearing for Thursday to determine whether Cook is competent to continue with criminal proceedings.
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A shooting in Northeast D.C. killed 21-year-old Dontel Price dead.
A judge ordered new mental observations for Leon Allen Smith, saying he could not be found mentally competent to stand trial at this time and needed further treatment. Smith is suspected in the stabbing death of Stephan Manuel Pool.
Reynard Cook was arrested near State College, Penn., a year after the death of Yolando Stones. Police say cook shot stone in front of their children when she tried to pick them up from his home.
In his opening statement, the attorney for Rashid Caviness-Bey argued that a fifteen-year-old, not his client, shot and killed Osman Al-Akbar.
John Bolton was sentenced to 26 years in prison Friday for the May 2011 shooting, and murder, of Christopher Fletcher.
DaQuan Tinker pleaded innocent to a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the August 2012 shooting death of Terence Robinson.
