Rickey Pharr, a 26-year-old D.C. man also known as Packy, Packie, or Pac-Man, has been charged in the Oct. 2 2010 shooting that left 31-year-old Angelo Jones dead.
Jones, also known as Lochie, was a D.C. resident. An online obituary is here and photos of a street shrine in his memory are here.
In the affidavit, Jones was described by a witness to be among a group of people gambling in a parking lot on Dix Street NE, when Pharr approached the group, “complained that [Jones] was ‘hot,’ or words to that effect… then asked for a gun.” Read more
Angel Morse was 13 years old when she was shot once through her head on Oct. 29. Her body was found in the basement of her home by her brother.
Those details were among the first to be revealed in a preliminary hearing Nov. 19 in D.C. Superior Court, where Judge Rankin found probable cause in a case accusing Morse’s father, Robert Carter, of killing her.Read more
The most recent ranking of safe cities by publisher CQ Press names Washington D.C. as the fourth most dangerous large city in the U.S. The report uses FBI crime statistics to draw conclusions about city safety and comparisons between cities.
Report: D.C. fourth-most dangerous big city in US
Washington Examiner | Nov 23, 2010
Quote: Even as the D.C. police department touts falling homicide rates, a report released by CQ Press on Monday listed the District as the fourth-most dangerous city in the country among those with a population of 500,000 or more. Baltimore was listed as No. 2. Detroit was the most dangerous big city in the nation. Among all cities, D.C. ranked 22nd.
The report, however, is controversial.
U.S. Conference of Mayors Denounces Crime Rankings as Bogus, Damaging to Cities
Business Wire | Nov 21, 2010
Quote: The U.S. Conference of Mayors today denounced the expected release of city-by-city crime rankings by CQ Press as “a premeditated statistical mugging of America’s cities.” The book containing the rankings is scheduled for publication on Monday, November 22.
What do you think? Here’s the report:
Metro Police found Gregory Joyner in the 200 block of K Street, SW with a gunshot wound on Monday, Nov. 15. The 28-year-old man was taken to a local hospital and died that night, Metro Police reported. Carl Purvis, a 45-year-old resident of Capitol Heights, Md. has been charged with murder for Joyner’s death. He was arrested Nov. 22.
In an undated online profile, Joyner said he was a D.C. resident at that time incarcerated in Bennettsville, S.C. for robbery.
I’m young, ambitious, spontaneous and intelligent with a slim muscled defined body in great shape. I have a good outgoing personality. I am passionate about almost everything I do.
I like to travel, workout, listen to music, visit amusements parks and read books. I love eating out and a woman that loves to smile. Due to a cruel twist of fate, I am currently incarcerated and lonely. I have learned from my mistakes and have done what it takes to change my life and prepare for a better future. I’m interested in finding the right someone who I can enjoy a good conversation with and get some mental stimulation from. I’m looking for a friendship with the option to go further if the opportunity so presents itself.
Joyner also had a MySpace account.
A Facebook memorial posting says a funeral may be held Nov. 30.
Read Washington Post coverage here and TBD coverage here.
This just in from Metro PD:
Contact: Officer Tisha Gant (202) 727-4383
November 22, 2010
ARREST MADE IN THE HOMICIDE OF GREGORY JOYNER
( Washington , DC ) Detectives assigned to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch announced today that an arrest has been made in the homicide of 28 year-old Gregory Joyner.
On Monday, November 15, 2010, at approximately 9:15 pm, units from the First District responded to the 200 block of K Street, SW , to investigate the report of sounds of gunshots. Upon their arrival they located a victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel responded and transported the victim to a local area hospital where the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.
On Monday, November 22, 2010, members of the Central Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 45 year old Carl Purvis of Capitol Heights , MD , and charged him with Murder One while Armed in the shooting death of Gregory Joyner.
An online guestbook for Keith Banks, shot and killed Nov. 12 near Galloway Street in Northeast D.C., is now available.
A funeral was held for Banks on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 at Latney’s Chapel in Northwest D.C.
Emotional comments from Darnell Lucas’ family and friends on this blog over the weekend prompted me to see if there was anything more to know about the case.
Photographer Lloyd Wolf, who runs the photo blog Washington’s Other Monuments, now has photos of a street shrine for Lucas, including this one:
Lloyd Wolf: Washington's Other Monuments: Darnell Lucas 2700 block Langston Pl SE 008 sm
A second suspect has been charged in D.C. Superior Court with shooting and killing 19-year-old Jamal Wilson in Northwest D.C. on Sunday Nov. 14.
Jeremy Risper, a 20 year old resident of Southeast D.C., was charged with first degree murder on Saturday. His co-defendant in the case, 19 year-old Kwan Kearney, was charged Nov. 17. Risper is due in court again Tuesday Nov. 30 for a status conference; Kearney is expected in court the same day for a preliminary hearing.
In the criminal complaint against Kearney, Metro Police said the two men “confronted… pursued… then shot the decedent dead with a single gunshot through the heart.”
The complaint states that investigators believe the two men “acted in concert and that their actions lead to the shooting death of the decedent, Jamal Wilson.”
The Washington Times reported last week that Kearney and Wilson were wards of the city’s Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services at the time of the shooting.
Risper and Kearney are both in custody and being held without bail.in D.C. Jail.Read more
Services are being held today in Laurel Md. for Miguel Ventura, killed Nov. 8 in Northwest D.C. Ventura, 54, was stabbed to death. No arrests have been made.
An online obituary and guestbook are here.
