MyFoxDC was at a candlelight vigil in memory of slain Brookland grocer Raj Patel Tuesday night. They filed this report:
Candlelight Vigil Held For Slain Grocery Store Owner: MyFoxDC.com
NBC Washington reported:
At the vigil, there were songs and prayers. Those who knew Patel shared their thoughts about a well respected and loved businessman, husband and father. His 22-year-old son, Chris Patel, was there in the shop with his mom when his dad was shot.
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Metro Police released today still photos taken from the surveillance camera at Brookland’s Newton FoodMart where manager Raj Patel was killed Saturday.
An award of up to $25,000 is available to anyone who provides information leading up to the arrest and conviction of the shooting suspects, Metro PD has said. Washington Post and WUSA have reported on the photos and reward.
A D.C. Superior Court Judge on Tuesday gave government prosecutors 24 hours to make their case against 39-year-old Reginald Vance, who was due to be arraigned today in the shooting death of Keith Banks on Nov. 12 in Northeast D.C.
Despite the delay, key details of the government’s case were revealed in the lawyers’ discussion of evidence, including the government’s theory that Banks was killed over a dispute about a drug debt and that Vance and another suspect “acted in concert,” driving to pick up Banks, driving him to the 1100 block of Galloway Street NE, and killing him.
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Update 9:45 p.m. Added below are new and more recent links, with information current as of 9:45 p.m.
Here’s a quick look at where the D.C. Medical Examiner’s ruling today that Ali Ahmed Mohammed was a victim of homicide has been covered (note, contents of these posts are described as of 4:15 p.m. Tuesday):
TBD has statements from Mohammed’s family, the Office of the U.S. Attorney for D.C, and some info on excited delirium, the official cause of death cited in today’s report.
Washington City Paper has a statement from Mohammed’s family.
The Washington Post has details from the Medical Examiner’s report and a statement from the Office of the U.S. Attorney for D.C.
NBC Washington has a statement from the family, the Attorney’s office and links to videos about the case.
WUSA has statements from the family and the Attorney’s office.
DCist has a statement from the family.
U Street Girl asks the big question: What does it all mean?
Added at 9:45 p.m.
The Washington Post this evening looks at the history of case, saying “it remains unclear whether a crime was committed during the fatal encounter.”
The Washington Examiner this evening reported the Medical Examiner’s findings.
Washington City Paper was at DC9 tonight and reported on the scene there.
WTOP reported on the Medical Examiner’s findings with some background on the legal implications of today’s ruling.
Ali Ahmed Mohammed’s death has been ruled a homicide, his family said in a statement today. Mohammed died on Oct. 15 after being beaten outside the DC9 nightclub on U Street.
That was confirmed by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, TBD reports. The cause of death is listed as, “Excited Delirium Associated With Arrhythmogenic Cardiac Anomalies, Alcohol Intoxication and Physical Exertion With Restraint.”
Here’s the family’s full statement (via Washington City Paper):
This morning, the family of Ali Ahmed Mohammed received the death certificate based upon the autopsy performed by the D.C. Medical Examiner’s office. The death certificate confirms that Ali’s death was a homicide. The family wishes to commend those at the Medical Examiner’s office for their hard work and dedication in helping to uncover that Ali’s death was a homicide. The family is confident that law enforcement will continue its investigation into Ali¹s tragic death and that the Medical Examiner’s report is a step toward justice for Ali. The Medical Examiner¹s findings, however, also reminds us that Ali suffered a cruel and senseless death. Ali did not deserve to die for allegedly breaking a window. The family remains heartbroken and cannot have peace until those responsible for Ali’s death are brought to justice.
Metro PD just released the following statement on the shooting death of 29-year-old Aaron Woodfork on Bladensburg Road in Northeast on Sunday:
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a double shooting that resulted in a fatality.
On Sunday, December 19, 2010, at approximately 3:30 am, units from the Fifth District responded to the area of Bladensburg Road and Queens Chapel Road, NE, to investigate the sounds of gunshots. Upon arrival, they discovered two victims suffering from gunshot wounds in the 2100 block of Bladensburg Road, NE. Read more
D.C. Superior Court Judge Lynn Leibovitz found probable cause Tuesday in the case against 20-year-old Northwest D.C. man Raymond Roseboro, charged with second degree murder in the killing of 16-year-old Prince Okorie on Nov. 30.
Leibovitz declined to find substantial probability in the case against Roseboro as the government requested. In her ruling she said the “totality” of evidence was enough to find probable cause but that witnesses had not provided enough information— and that the government had not allowed specific enough questions to be asked— to rule that there was anything more than probable cause to believe that Roseboro could be tried in the case.
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A funeral was held Thursday Dec. 16 for slain teen Scott Staten, who was found shot to death in Southwest D.C. on Dec. 8.
Staten, 17 years old, was a resident of Southeast D.C. He is survived by his mother and two sisters, according to Facebook posts about his death.
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Metro Police today announced the arrest of a suspect in the homicide of 29-year-old Keith Banks, who was found shot on Nov. 12 in the 1100 block of Galloway Street, NE.
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A funeral will be held Thursday in Clinton, Md. for Brookland’s Newton FoodMart manager Raj Patel. Patel was killed in his shop Saturday in a botched robbery attempt.
The funeral will be held at Lee Funeral Home (6633 Old Alexandria Ferry Rd, Clinton Md.) at 3 p.m. Thursday. A visitation begins Thursday at 1 p.m.
Thanks Brookland Avenue for the tip. Homicide Watch D.C. verified the times with staff at Lee Funeral Home.
