A man died after being shot in the 1000 block of Taylor St Northeast Monday evening, the Washington Post and WJLA report.
A message to the Fourth District listserv stated:
Around 6:20 pm, Units were dispatched to a call for a shooting in the 1000 blk of Taylor St NE. Upon arrival, a male victim was located suffering from apparent gunshot wounds and has been transported to a hospital for medical treatment.
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Donald McCorkle was ordered held today after Judge Lynn Leibovitz found probable cause for the second degree murder charge against him, according to court records.
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Felicia Jones was ordered held on probable cause today in the stabbing death of 30-year-old Jodie Ward.
Jones, also 30, has been in custody since Ward was found dead in Jones’ daughter’s bedroom. Ward was face down on the floor with a knife protruding from his ear, MPD Detective Gabriel Truby testified at a preliminary hearing Monday.
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The Washington Post reports that a Southeast DC man died in a stabbing Saturday night.
D.C. police found Kevin Blackwell Jr., 20, suffering from a stab wound shortly after 10:30 p.m., in the 900 block of Burns Street SE, in the Benning Ridge neighborhood. He later died of his injuries.
Update: A press release from MPD is posted below:
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In Brief:
Michael Ezekel Epps of Windsor Mill, Md. was killed by MPD officers Monday night. Police said Epps, 20, was shooting a gun at apartments in the Clay Terrace neighborhood and was believed to be on PCP.
Jekwan Smith was ordered held on suspicion of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Isaiah Sheffield. At a preliminary hearing, an MPD detective said the shooting was part of an ongoing dispute between rivaling neighborhood men.
MPD released a composite sketch of a man they say is responsible for shooting two people at a Northeast DC gas station over the weekend, killing one of them, 24 year-old Stephon Emmanuel Way of Upper Marlboro, Md.
The FBI, MPD, US Attorney’s Office, and Montgomery County Police announced that they have joined forces in a renewed effort to identify a man responsible for a series of violent sexual attacks on DC-area women more than 13 years ago.
Dominique Bassil was indicted on one count of second-degree murder while armed in the stabbing death of Vance Harris on Aug. 13.
Sharrod Peppers pleaded innocent Friday to five counts related to the shooting death of Rodney Bean on Oct. 30, 2010. Peppers is charged with premeditated first-degree murder while armed in the case, along with several weapons charges.
James Sandidge was ordered held on a finding of substantial probability in the shooting death of Keenan Jerel Lee. Sandidge’s attorney said that the shooting was in self defense.
Keith Littlepage pleaded innocent to the stabbing death of his girlfriend, Selina Knight, at her Southeast D.C. apartment.
William McCorkle and Andre Clinkscale were each sentenced to more than 100 years in prison for a triple homicide in Trindad.
Allen Butler was sentenced to 64 and a half years in prison for his role in a fatal home invasion that left Franklin Johnson dead.
Omare Cotton was found guilty of second degree murder in the shooting death of teen Alonte Sutton.
Prosecutors said a witness in the murder case against David and Montez Warren is dead, killed sometime after the two brothers were arrested in the shooting death of Ervin Lamont Griffin.
Find out what’s coming up this week at DC Superior Court with our Week Ahead.
A witness in the murder case against David and Montez Warren is dead, killed sometime after the two brothers were arrested in the shooting death of Ervin Lamont Griffin.
Prosecutor Michael Ortwein told said Friday that it’s not clear whether the witness’s death is linked to the Warrens’ case. He said an investigation is ongoing.
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From the US Attorney’s Office:
District Man Convicted of Second-Degree Murder While Armed And Other Charges in 2010 Slaying of Teenager-Victim Was an Intern for D.C. Council Member -
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From the US Attorney’s Office:
District Man Sentenced to 64 ½- Year Prison Term For Killing a Man and Wounding a Child in Home Invasion- Second Defendant Earlier Got 58-Year Prison Term for Murder- Third Defendant Sentenced to Seven Years for Obstructing Justice, Perjury –
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From the US Attorney’s Office:
Two District Men Sentenced to More Than 100 Years in Prison For Triple Homicide in Trinidad Area of Northeast Washington - Defendants Fired at Least 38 Shots, Killing Three Unarmed Men Outside Gas Station -
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A mental health report from Saint Elizabeth’s on Robert Carter was presented in court Friday afternoon, but prosecutors and defense attorneys disagree on exactly what the report found.
Carter, 40, is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of his 13-year-old daughter, Angel Morse.
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