Michael Poth is expected to be presented with a charge of second-degree murder while armed at 4 o’clock this afternoon.
Poth, a U.S. Marine, is suspected in the stabbing death of fellow Marine Philip Bushong on Barracks Row early Saturday morning.
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In brief:
George Hardy was shot and killed Tuesday night in the 3300 block of 14th Place of Southeast DC.
Aaron Henderson was found in a Trinidad alley suffering from blunt force injuries to his head late Wednesday night. He died and MPD said the death was being investigated as a homicide. MPD later said that the case had not yet been ruled a homicide.
Marine Philip Bushong was killed on Barracks Row in Southeast DC early Saturday morning. A fellow Marine, Michael Joseph Poth, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with the case. MPD said that Poth may have said a “homophobic slur” before the stabbing.
Two 17-year-olds, charged as juveniles, were arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the January 2011 shooting death of 16-year-old Bryant Morillo. One is the teens is reported to have confessed to the the crime.
John Smith was sentenced to 26 years in prison for the stabbing death of Elaine Coleman, who was found dead in her apartment on Dec. 4.
Ricardo Mitchell pled innocent Wednesday in the shooting death of Wyatt Earp Robinson; Fox5 reported last week that Mitchell’s girlfriend, a police officer, has pled guilty to charges connected to the case. Mitchell is charged with first-degree murder while armed with the aggravating circumstance that the murder was “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.”
Marcus McLean pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of second-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Delando King in Northwest DC.
With closing arguments underway, Homicide Watch DC looks back on the two years since five people under the age of 20 were shot and killed in what has become known as the South Capitol Street Massacre.
A 23-year-old man killed in a stabbing on Barracks Row early Saturday morning has been identified as Philip Bushong of Camp Lejeune, NC, MPD said Saturday evening.
A 20-year-old DC man, Michael Joseph Poth, has been arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed in connection with the case, according to MPD’s press release.
WJLA reports that both Bushong and Poth are Marines.
Captain Jack Norton, spokesman for the Marine Barracks, says that between 2:30 and 2:45 a.m. guard Marines responded to an incident between two individuals on H Street SE outside the Marine Barracks.
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WJLA and NBC Washington report that a stabbing killed a man in Southeast DC early Saturday morning.
Police say a man was found in the 700 block of 8th Street SE suffering from multiple stab wounds. He was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police have a man in custody, both TV stations report, but the identities of both victim and suspect have not been released.
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UPDATED with press release from MPD
Fifth District Commander Andy Solberg says that Aaron Henderson‘s death has not been classified as a homicide, but MPD this afternoon released a reward poster saying that it was.
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Over eight days in spring 2010, five people under the age of 20 were shot and killed. Five men are now on trial for the shootings and a sixth pleaded guilty to five counts of murder and two counts of conspiracy, becoming a key witness for the prosecution.
Closing arguments are expected in the case today, with jury deliberations beginning soon. In this feature curration, Homicide Watch looks back on the past two years in the South Capitol Street Massacre.
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Marcus McLean pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of second-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Delando King in Northwest DC.
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A man found beaten late Wednesday night in an alley in Northeast DC has been identified as 36-year-old Aaron Timothy Henderson, also known as Peanut.
MPD issued a reward poster in the case just before noon Thursday.
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