A Superior Court Judge ruled Friday that 20-year-old Jerome Bailey can be tried for the shooting death of Rico Matthews. Matthews, a 36-year-old D.C. resident, was shot at least twice on Nov. 5, 2010 while inside a single family home in the 4000 block of First Street Southeast D.C., according to the criminal complaint against Bailey.
The complaint alleges that Matthews and Bailey were in an argument when witnesses heard gunshots and saw Bailey flee the house.Read more
DC Fire and EMS responded early this morning to a shooting in Southeast D.C. that injured at least four people. Others in D.C. tweeted about sounds of gunshots and a shooting at a house party that injured several people and killed one. I contacted Metro Police in the Sixth District for more information.
Update 12:10 p.m.: The Washington Post gets some details:
Officers responded at about 2:30 a.m. to a report of shots fired the 1700 block of 14th St. SE and found a man with apparent gunshot wounds, a police spokesman, Officer Hugh Carew, said Saturday. The man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, Carew said.
While officers were on the 14th Street scene, a report came in of gunshot victims a couple of hundred feet away, in the 1400 block of Ridge Place SE. There, officers found three people with gunshot wounds who were transported to the hospital, Carew said. Another person shot in that incident went to the hospital separately, Carew said.
The Washington Examiner is also watching the story.
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Facebook Funeral Announcement for Prince Okorie
Okorie was killed Nov. 30, 2010. Today Metro Police announced that 20-year-old Raymond Roseboro had been arrested and charged with second degree murder for Okorie’s death.
Following are scheduled court appearances for murder cases. This information is current as of Friday, Dec. 10 at 4:00 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.
Monday
9:30 a.m. Timothy Foreman in courtroom 215 (Judge Herbert Dixon) for a preliminary hearing in a first degree murder case. The victim, Gregory Joyner, was shot Monday Nov. 15, 2010 in the 200 block of K Street, SW D.C. Foreman is represented by attorney Steven Polin. The case number is CF1 022597. Charging documents are online here.
9:30 a.m. Carl Purvis in courtroom 215 (Judge Herbert Dixon) for a preliminary hearing in a first-degree murder case. The victim, Gregory Joyner, was shot Monday Nov. 15, 2010 in the 200 block of K Street, SW D.C. Purvis is represented by attorney Premal Dharia. The case number is CF1 022011. Charging documents are online here.
Chief Lanier sent the following message out via email today:
Arrest Made in the Homicide of Prince Okorie
( Washington , DC ) Detectives assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch announced today that an arrest has been made in the homicide of 16 year-old Prince Okorie.
On Tuesday, November 30, 2010, at approximately 4:20 pm, units from the Fourth District responded to the 800 block of Delafield Place, NW to investigate the sounds of gunshots. Upon their arrival they located a victim suffering from gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the victim to a local hospital where the victim was pronounced dead.Read more
Marvin Palencia, accused of shooting a former co-worker who had been romantically involved with his wife, then wrapping the body in a cardboard box with plastic wrap and duct tape and dumping it alongside a roadway, will stand trial in the case, a D.C. Superior Court ruled Friday.
Palencia is next due in court Feb. 11, 2011 for a felony status conference.
A preliminary hearing in the murder of Joseph Alonzo Sharps Jr. was continued today to next year, when one the attorney of one of the defendants told Judge Herbert Dixon that she had not had enough time to adequately prepare for the hearing.
Kwan Kearney and Larnell Allen are each charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Sharps. Allen was not present in the courtroom today for unspecified medical reasons.
Kearney and Allen have been rescheduled to appear in court Jan. 7, 2011 at 9:30 a.m.
Metro PD just emailed a release:
Arrest in the Murder of Prince Okorie
I have just been advised that there has been an arrest in the murder of Prince Okorie which occurred on November 30th in the 800 block of Delafield Place, NW. More details to follow.
Update 2:15 p.m.: TBD reports the suspect is 20-year-old Raymond Roseboro of Northwest.
