A quadruple shooting Sunday morning in Southeast D.C. killed one person. Metro Police have posted this message on the District’s listserve:
On January 2, 2011, at approximately 7 am, officers from the Seventh District were dispatched to the 3400 block of 13th Pl SE, for the sound of gun shots. Officers responded and located four victims suffering from gun shot wounds. Three of the victims were transported to hospitals for treatment. The incident is being investigated by MPD’s Homicide Branch. Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to call the Homicide Branch on 645-9600, The Command Information Center on 727-9099 or text to 50411. Thank you.
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UPDATE 5:30 p.m.: ABC7 and NBC Washington are identifying the teen as 16-year-old Bryant Morillo.
A teenage boy shot Sunday morning in Northwest D.C. has died of his injuries, according to information on Metro PD’s Fourth District listserve. The teen, believed to be 16 or 17 years old, is D.C.’s first homicide victim of the year.
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As 2010 drew to a close, Metro Police and local media had their eyes on D.C.’s total number of homicides in the year and, as 2011 dawned, announced and celebrated a nine percent decline in the number over last year.
Said Metro Police Chief Cathy Lanier in a press release,
“I am thankful for the dedication and hard work of the men and women of the Metropolitan Police Department, and the commitment from our partners in the community and other government agencies, that are helping us to make the city safer. I especially want to commend the members of the Homicide Branch for their efforts and the intelligence and patrol units for their increased work.”
The nine percent decline — from 143 deaths to 131 — constitues D.C.’s lowest homicide count since 1963 but does not meet Lanier’s goal of reducing the number to under 100.
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Following are scheduled court appearances for murder cases. This information is current as of Friday, Dec. 31 at 2:00 p.m. and will be re-verified throughout the week. Please remember that court dates can change, even at the last minute. To view the docket of a case please go to the D.C. Courts website and search by the defendant’s name. To add an item to the calendar, email homicidewatchdc [at] gmail.com.
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Update Friday 11:30 a.m.: We still haven’t found any information on nine remaining homicide cases.
Metro Police Spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump said this morning that she would get back to us on Monday.
In the meantime, I put it out to you. Here’s the list of cases Homicide Watch D.C. still hasn’t been able to reconcile. Here’s where they are.
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A big thanks to Rend Smith at City Paper for taking a look at Homicide Watch’s database of 2010 D.C. homicides and getting answers from Chief Cathy Lanier and Public Information Officer Gwendolyn Crump on what what wrong.
Homicide Watch posted the database yesterday in two sheets- the first listing all 2010 homicides in the District according to Metro Police press releases, FBI press releases, and media reports, the second page pulled data from OCTO, D.C.’s office of technology. The first page listed 113 homicides, the second 131.
Said City Paper:
A quick count of the press releases on MPD’s website backed up Homicide Watch’s theory the numbers didn’t add up. Homicides usually earn an announcement by the department. Often, MPD will ask for the public’s help solving the case, so the idea of 18 slayings falling through the cracks is a big deal.
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A 22-year-old Hyattsville, Md. man has been charged with first degree murder in the shooting death of Keith Banks near Fort Circle Park in early November. The defendant, Derrell Bennett, listed also in court records as Ellery Eugene Bennett and Rell, Black and King, is currently in custody at D.C. Jail and is expected in court Jan. 4 for a preliminary hearing.
Also charged in the case is Reginald Vance. Vance is also due in court Jan. 4 for a preliminary hearing.
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The Washington Post is reporting that a Hyattsville, Md. man has been charged in the shooting death of Keith Banks near Fort Circle Park in early November. According to the Post, 22-year-old Derrell Bennett was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder in Banks’ death.
Bennett is the second man to be charged in the case. Reginald Vance, a 39-year-old barber also of Hyattsville, Md, was charged last week.
These are some of the reports, pages and blog posts I had bookmarked this year. Read more
A few hints on getting the most out of Homicide Watch D.C.’s database of homicides in the District in 2010.
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