Police have identified the victim of Monday’s second deadly shooting as 15-year-old Isaiah Harris, who lived in Northwest DC. Another person was wounded in the double shooting near Truxton Circle, but MPD is withholding the identity of the second victim.
Harris is the youngest homicide victim in the District this year.
Homicide: 1400 block of New Jersey Ave, NW
(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating the fatal shooting which occurred in the 1400 block of New Jersey Ave NW.
On Monday, May 30, 2011, at approximately 10:15 pm, units from the Fifth District responded to the 1400 block of New Jersey Ave, NW, to investigate sounds of gunshots. Upon their arrival, they discovered a juvenile male victim suffering from a gunshot wound. They also located another victim nearby suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded and transported both victims to a local area hospital. At 10:58 pm the first victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
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MPD has identified the victim in the fatal shooting early Monday morning on Morse Street NE as 28-year-old Keith Leon Turner, of Capitol Heights, MD.
Homicide: 1400 block of Morse Street, NE
(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating the fatal shooting which occurred in the 1400 block of Morse Street, NE.
On Monday, May 30, 2011, at approximately 3:55 am, units from the Fifth District responded to the 1400 block of Morse Street, NE, to investigate the report of a man down. Upon their arrival, they discovered an adult male victim suffering from gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded and transported the victim to a local area hospital. At 4:38 am the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
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Update: The victim has been identifiedas 28-year-old Keith Leon Turner, of Capitol Heights, MD.
A shooting early Monday morning near the H Street Corridor killed a young man.
Fifth District Lt. Edward R. Bernat posted the following message Monday night on the 5D listserve:
At about 3:55am, on May 30, 2011 officers responded to the 1400 block of Morse street for sounds of gun fire. Found on the scene was a young adult male suffering from multiple gun shots to his body. He was transported to hospital were he passed due to his injuries. Anyone having information please call 911 or 202-727-9099.
Thank you,
Lt. Edward R. Bernat
A double shooting at about 10:15 Monday night near Truxton Circle killed one man, who has not yet been identified.
Fifth District Commander Andy Solberg sent out the following information to the listserve:
Two young men were shot tonight at about 10:15 pm near New Jersey and P St, NW.
One of the victims has been pronounced dead. The other is being treated for gunshot wounds.
If anyone has any information we ask that you call 727-9099 to help the investigation into this event.
MPD has confirmed that Ronnie Deion Speight was the man killed in a shooting in the 5100 block of Jay Street NE on the afternoon of May 26, as reported earlier today by Homicide Watch.
**UPDATE: Victim Identified in Homicide in the 5100 Block of Jay Street, NE
(Washington, DC) - Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch announced the victim has been identified in the fatal shooting which occurred in the 5100 block of Jay Street, NE.
On Thursday, May 26, 2011, at approximately 4:15 pm, units from the Sixth District responded to the 5000 block of Jay Street, NE, to investigate the sound of gunshots. In the 5100 block of Jay Street, NE they discovered an adult male victim suffering from gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded and transported the victim to a local area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
**The decedent has been identified as 20-year-old Ronnie Deion Speight of Northwest, DC.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIME (1-888-919-2746).
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A Homicide Watch reader has identified a man shot to death last week as Ronnie Speight, a young DC man known to friends as “Wease.”
This morning MPD Spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump said the department has a possible victim ID and is waiting for confirmation from the man’s family.
MPD asked for the public’s help last week in identifying the victim of a fatal shooting. They said the man is a black male with a medium complexion, approximately 16 to 20 years old, about six feet tall and weighing about 165 pounds. He also has multiple tattoos on both arms and his neck. They read “RIP Pluck,” “Wease,” Lifes a Gamble” and “KAT” with a halo etched above the letters.
According to Facebook and Twitter posts from friends and family, Speight played football locally. According to MaxPreps.com, a high school football website, Speight played for the Roosevelt Roughriders two years ago. His height and weight were listed then as 5‘10”/185.
“He will be missed. He wasn’t the bad type he was just goofy and playful. This world all messed up,” Tika Cristwell said of Speight on Twitter this morning.
More memories of Speight are after the jump.
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UPDATE: The victim in this case has been identified as 25 year-old Garrett Armand White of Northwest DC.
Read MPD’s press release after the jump.
MPD Homicide detectives are investigating an early morning mid-day stabbing that left one man dead in Northwest DC Sunday.
From the Fourth District listserve,
Around 3:30 am on today’s date, units received a call for an assault in the 5400 blk of Georgia Avenue, NW. Upon arrival, an adult male victim was located in the block suffering from apparent stab wounds. The male was transported to an area hospital where he later died.
The Homicide Branch is investigating this case and we ask that anyone with information is asked to call 1-888-919-CRIM(E).
Kimberly Chisley-Missouri
Commander
Metropolitan Police Department
Fourth District
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In brief:
- George White, a 48 year-old Southeast DC man, was found stabbed to death last Friday afternoon in Congress Heights.
- Ebony Franklin‘s father, Rodney McIntyre, was arrested on suspicion of killing her. He is being held without bond and is expected in court July 7 for a preliminary hearing.
- Kendrick Phillips, 19, was captured by District police Thursday. He had been on the run since mid-April and is charged with the murder of 16-year-old Deonte Payton.
- Justin Navarro was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 2009 murder of Kevin Massey.
- An unidentified man shot late Tuesday night near 34th and D Streets in Southeast DC died Wednesday of his injuries.
- Paul Hanson Johnson, 27, was arrested Wednesday in connection with a 2007 homicide that took the life of Gregory Lamont Edwards in Southeast DC. He is suspected of first degree murder while armed in the case.
- An unidentified man was shot and killed in Deanwood Thursday afternoon. MPD has asked for the public’s help in identifying the man. They said he is a black male with a medium complexion, approximately 16 to 20 years old, about six feet tall and weighing about 165 pounds. He also has multiple tattoos on both arms and his neck. They read “RIP Pluck,” “Wease,” Lifes a Gamble” and “KAT” with a halo etched above the letters.
- Julius Johnson, a 24-year-old DC man, was sentenced to 28 years of incarceration for the 2005 shooting death of James Cousart.
- Angela Hernandez-Rivera, 23, and Peiro F. Hernandez, 24, were each sentenced to 40-year prison terms for killing a couple in their Northwest DC home in November 2008. Both were found guilty of two counts of second-degree murder in the case.
A man and woman were sentenced today to 40-year prison terms for killing a couple in their Northwest DC home in November 2008.
Angela Hernandez-Rivera, 23, and Peiro F. Hernandez, 24, were each found guilty of two counts of second-degree murder. Another co-defendant in the case, Jose Portillo, 23, was found guilty of 15 charges, including two counts of first degree felony murder with aggravating circumstances, armed robbery of a senior citizen, burglary, theft and weapons offenses. He was sentenced in March to a 137-year prison term.
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MPD is seeking the publics help in identifying a man shot dead Thursday.
In a press release Friday evening, MPD said that the man is a black male with a medium complexion, approximately 16 to 20 years old, about six feet tall and weighing about 165 pounds. He also has multiple tattoos on both arms and his neck. They read “RIP Pluck,” “Wease,” Lifes a Gamble” and “KAT” with a halo etched above the letters.
Anyone with information can reach the police department at (202) 727-9099 or 1-888-919-CRIME (1-888-919-2746).
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