The 22-year-old man killed in a hit and run collision that police say is a homicide was identified today as Miguel Angel Drullard Jr., of Northwest, DC.
Police say Drullard was intentionally struck by a red- or burgundy- colored Jeep Liberty.
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Prosecutors say Donald McCorkle chased down Bruce Parker, shot him, and killed him.
McCorkle’s attorney says it’s not that simple.
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Each Friday, 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.
On Tuesday, Aaron Adams is expected by Judge Gerald Fisher for a bond review hearing. Adams is suspected in the stabbing death of Garrett Armand White on May 29, 2011.
Wednesday, Chamontae Walker, Corey Yates and Meeko Carraway are expected by Judge Motley for a status hearing. All three men are suspected of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Darrel Hendy.
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A man killed in a hit-and-run crash Thursday afternoon in Petworth was intentionally struck and the case is being considered a homicide, MPD officials said Friday morning on a district listserve.
WJLA last night identified the man as a 22-year-old.
According to initial reports, a man was struck at 14th and Webster streets NW at about 3:50 p.m. The vehicle involved was believed to be a 2003 maroon colored Jeep liberty missing most of its front grill. The license plate number was unknown.
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Donald Harry McCorkle was arrested today in connection with the shooting death of Bruce Parker in March, MPD says.
McCorkle, 45, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder while armed.
Read MPD’s press release after the jump.
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The Daily Beast reports that Honduran President Porfirio Lobo looked at DC’s homicide record this week while on a visit to the United States. Lobo asked his national security cabinet to look at how DC has lowered the number of reported murders from over 500 yearly to around 100 yearly.
Reports The Daily Beast:
Usually the District of Columbia police department collides with international politics only when there is a scandal. But Honduran President Porfirio Lobo made the city’s cops a special focus of his visit to the capital this week as he seeks solutions for the murder rampage in his own country.
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In Chief Judge Lee Satterfield’s courtroom Wednesday, what wasn’t in the testimony was just as significant for Wanda Ortiz as what was.
“I want to know something,” Ortiz said. “What’s going on with her?”
“Her” is a DC police officer, now removed from duties, who authorities believe was present when Ortiz’ son, Wyatt Earp Robinson, was gunned down outside a seafood shop on Minnesota Avenue NE in August.
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A memorial service for George Washington University grad student Patrick Casey is planned for Thursday, the GW Hatchet reports.
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Reports the Washington Post:
With this year three quarters over, the number of homicides in the District has fallen well below last year’s rate, which was the lowest in decades.
As of Friday, 81 people had been slain in the city — more than 15 percent fewer than the 96 homicides reported by the same time last year — according to police figures.
If the rate of killings in the first nine months continues through December, the homicide figure for the year would be 108, compared with 132 last year.
Here’s Homicide Watch’s map of this year’s homicides. Click on a point to discover who the victim is at a location. Click the victim’s name to see more details about the case.
Find a discussion about the numbers after the jump.
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In brief:
Friends and family of Gaurav Gopalan as well as politicians and LGBT community activists gathered in Dupont Circle for a candlelight vigil in memory of Gopalan, who was killed in Columbia Heights.
Corey Yates pleaded innocent to a charge of first-degree murder while armed in connection with the death of Darrel Hendy in Sept. 2010.
Substantial probability was found in the case against Anthony Hatton, who is suspected of gunning down teen Tyrell Fogle in Northeast DC in August.
Terrell Brent was ordered released from custody following a preliminary hearing on a charge that he fatally shot his friend, Lugus Fleming, in a game of Russian Roulette. Brent is expected back in court Dec. 12 for a felony status conference in the voluntary manslaughter case.
Three preliminary hearings were postponed: Claude Kinney, suspected in the stabbing death of his wife, Alecia Wheeler, was rescheduled for Oct. 18. Stephanie Lawson, suspected in the fatal stabbing of Karen Jordan, was rescheduled for Oct. 6. Karl Pugh, suspected in the shooting death of Quentin Ragland, was rescheduled for Oct. 14.
The defense attorney for Robert Carter, accused of killing Angel Morse and holding others hostage in the home following the fatal shooting, has filed paperwork with the court saying that he intends to pursue an insanity defense on behalf of Carter.
The death of Patrick Casey, an Army veteran and George Washington University grad student, is a homicide, police said, but it may not be prosecuted as a murder.
A shooting in Northeast DC killed 25-year-old Carlows Michael Eady early Saturday morning.
Albrecht Muth‘s claims to military service are false, according to court documents filed Friday and reported by the Washington Post. Muth is suspected of killing his wife, Viola Drath, at their Georgetown home.
