As the country mourns the 28 victims killed in Newtown, Conn., a Washington Post columnist reminds us not to forget those killed locally.
A fifth suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Shaw Middle School principal Brian Betts, WTOP is reporting. The Washington Post identifies the suspect as Joel Johnson, 19, of an unconfirmed address. Johnson was reportedly arrested Tuesday evening in the 100 block of Ivanhoe Street SW, and is currently being held in the D.C. Jail, awaiting extradition to Montgomery County. Johnson faces charges of one count of first-degree murder, one count of…
Members of the public are invited to attend a candlelight vigil tonight to honor slain D.C. Council intern Alonte Sutton. Details below, courtesy the office of Council member Michael A. Brown:…
WTOP is reporting that D.C. Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of Alonte Sutton. Omare Ishmael Cotton, 28, has been charged with first degree murder in the crime. The body of Sutton, 18, was found Sunday in a wooded area near the 200 block of Newcomb Street SE. Sutton attended Ballou Senior High School and had twice worked as an intern for the D.C. Council. Family members have said that Sutton was…
Statements honoring 18-year-old D.C. Council intern Alonte Sutton are landing in our inbox. Sutton was shot and killed in Southeast D.C. at some point over the weekend, his body discovered Sunday afternoon in a wooded area near the 200 block of Newcomb Street SE. Sutton was a senior at Ballou Senior High School, and served as a D.C. Council intern two times, once last summer in the office of At-large Council member Michael A….
WTTG/FOX5 reminds us that it’s been a year since Durval Martins was shot dead at the corner of 11th and Q streets NW, and police still have no ideas about who is responsible. Martins, 35, was killed at about 3 a.m. as he was walking home from 17th Street bar Fox & Hounds. His wallet was found in his hand, and his cash, cell phone, and jewelry were not taken. While police say they…
The man accused of killing Chandra Levy in Rock Creek Park in 2001 has pleaded not guilty to additional charges of threatening to kill a witness, the Associated Press is reporting. Prosecutors filed the additional charges against Ingmar Guandique earlier this month, citing evidence that Guandique wrote a threatening note to the witness and had someone deliver it. The AP updates that Guandique’s lawyer entered a not-guilty plea for him to the new charges during…
The man who was arrested and charged in the Nov. 14 killing of 9-year-old Oscar Fuentes has been found dead inside his cell in the D.C. Jail, according to a report from WTTG/FOX5. Josue Pena, 26, had been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Fuentes, who died after being shot through the door of his Columbia Heights apartment. The Washington Post reported earlier that paramedics had been called to the jail for…
Rufina Hernandez One of two suspects sought in the Nov. 7 killing of shopkeeper Rufina Hernandez has been arrested, D.C. police announced last night. Andres Lopez, 45, of no fixed address was taken into custody without incident on Thursday afternoon near 4th and Kennedy Streets NW, only about five blocks from La Casa de Morata liquor store. Hernandez was shot and killed that Saturday night during the course of a robbery. Two suspects are…
The front door at 1433 Columbia Rd. NW remained broken this morning, but city leaders vowed that they would fix up the building. The fatal shooting of 9-year-old Oscar Fuentes inside his Columbia Heights apartment on Saturday night was not gang-related, according to D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier. Lanier, along with D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Ward 1 D.C. Council member Jim Graham, this morning announced the arrest of Josue Pena, 26, in the…
