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Virginia Teen Charged With Murdering 4-Year-Old Sibling, Police Say
A teenager in Virginia is facing a murder charge for allegedly suffocating a 4-year-old sibling, authorities announced. The Danville Police Department announced that it has charged a 13-year-old juvenile suspect with first-degree murder for an incident last summer. According to the police investigation, in August 2022, officers were called to an area home, where a child was found without a pulse and not breathing. It was transported to SOVAH Health in Danville before being airlifted to a different hospital, and was later pronounced dead. Police say that the teenager confessed last week to…
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Summertime Shooter In Custody For Murder Of Silver Spring Man In DC: MPD
The man responsible for killing 21-year-old Silver Spring resident Juwaan Henry in Washington, DC last summer has been apprehended nearly seven months after his murder, the Metropolitan Police Department announced on Thursday, March 16. Southwest, DC resident Dwayne Brooks, Jr., 25, has been charged with first-degree murder while armed for his role in the fatal shooting of Henry in August last year. At approximately 8:15 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, officers from the department responded to the 800 block of 7th Street, where they found Henry suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Henry was …
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District Man Gets 40 Years For Killing DC Teen Heading To Play Hoops After School: Officials
The man who chased down a teenage boy in DC and shot him 16 times will spend decades behind bars after being sentenced for murdering the 15-year-old in Southeast Washington. District resident Malik Holston, 21, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for first-degree murder while armed for his role in the grisly shooting Gerald Watson in 2018 as the teen was going to play basketball with friends after school. Holston was 16 years old at the time of the fatal shooting. At approximately 3:40 p.m. on Dec. 13, 2018, Holston and a second assailant, armed and wearing masks, chased Watson throu…
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District Man Who Lured Victims Into Dead-End Street Gets 120 Years For Triple Murder
The 31-year-old man who gunned down three others in a quiet Washington, DC street four years ago while sporting a stolen Lexus that was later found smoldering in Maryland will spend the rest of his life behind bars. District resident Rakeem Willis was sentenced to 120 years in prison for his roles in the 2019 murders of Sean Shuler, 26, Javon Abney, 26, and Tyrik Hagood, 24, federal prosecutors announced. Officials say that on Jan. 26, 2019, Willis lured the three men into what was described as a “quiet, dead-end street” in the 1500 block of Fort Davis Place SE, where they were shot multipl…
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Life In Prison For DC Shooter Convicted Of Gunning Down 23-Year-Old Man In Maryland
A Washington, DC man will spend the rest of his life in prison after being convicted of murdering a 23-year-old Maryland man who was gunned down from behind before the shooter broke into an apartment and attempted to hide from police, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney's Office. Abraham Douglas, 21, was sentenced. to life in prison, plus an additional 25 years, after being found guilty by Judge John Maloney of first-degree murder for his role in the murder of Tacoma Park resident Ahambou Bamba Gueye in Montgomery County last year. Prosecutors said that in broad daylight on…
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Two Murder Suspects Apprehended In Two Days For December Shooting In DC: Police
For the second time in as many days, members of the Metropolitan Police Department have arrested a suspect for the murder of a Maryland man in DC just before the new year. Two gunmen have been apprehended and charged with first-degree murder while armed, a felony, for their roles in the death of 50-year-old Brandywine resident old Aniekobo Macaulay Umoh on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Related story - Three Shot, Killed In Eight Hours During Violent Night In DC: Police On Wednesday, Jan. 18, members of the MPD’s Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force announced that it tracked down and arres…
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Teen Gunman Apprehended In DC Months After Murdering Lifelong Friends From MD: Police
Police have apprehended a wanted gunman who shot and killed two Maryland teens who were lifelong friends during a triple shooting in Washington, DC nearly three months ago. On Thursday, Jan. 12, the Metropolitan Police Department announced that 19-year-old Southeast, DC resident Amarii Fontanelle has been charged with first-degree murder for his alleged role in the deaths of District Heights residents Reginald Cooper and Davonte Berkley, both 19, in October last year. According to an MPD spokesperson, shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022, officers from the agency were called to …
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Kohberger Victims, Roommate Were Reportedly Awake During Idaho Slayings: Affidavit
The probable cause affidavit in the quadruple murders of University of Idaho students was unsealed Thursday, Jan. 5 as prime suspect Bryan Kohberger appeared in court, suggesting that at least one of the victims and one surviving roommate were awake during the crimes. It was ultimately DNA on the button snap of a knife sheath that helped police identify the 28-year-old criminology PhD student as the suspect in the Nov. 13 killings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20, according to the affidavit published in NewsNationNow. The affidavi…
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: DC Shooting Suspect Convicted Of Gunning Down 23-Year-Old Man In Maryland
A Washington, DC man faces life in prison after being convicted of murdering a 23-year-old Maryland man by gunning him down from behind before breaking into an apartment and trying to hide from police, according to Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy. Abraham Douglas, 21, was found guilty by Judge John Maloney of first-degree murder for his role in the murder of Tacoma Park resident Ahambou Bamba Gueye in Montgomery County earlier this year. Prosecutors said that in broad daylight on April 22, Douglas was caught on camera exiting a vehicle in the parking lot of the Park Richi…
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Murder Suspect Nabbed In DC Shooting Death Of VA School Worker Christian Monje
Authorities announced the arrest of a Maryland charged with the murder of a popular Fairfax, VA schools employee who was gunned down on Memorial Day in Washington DC. Montgomery County resident James Carl Jackson, 28, of Silver Spring, has been arrested and charged on a warrant for first-degree murder while armed by the Metropolitan Police Department for his role in the death of Fairfax resident Christian Gabriel Monje earlier this year. The arrest was announced by the agency on Tuesday, Dec. 6. At approximately 4:30 a.m. on Monday, May 30, members of the Metropolitan Police Department’s…
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Ex-BF Captured In Killings Of Virginia Mom, 3 Kids: Police
A Maryland man was in custody after authorities said he killed his ex-girlfriend and her four young children early Friday, Nov. 8 in Virginia. Jonah Adams, 35, of Waldorf, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder in the Chesterfield County slayings of JoAnna M. Cottle, 39; Kaelyn M. Parson, 13; Kinsey M. Cottle, 4; and Jayson L. Cottle, 4, police told reporters. Officers responding to a home on the 4200 block of Laurel Oak Road in Chester found the four bodies around 5 a.m. All were apparently shot to death. Adams was arrested on warrants near his home in Maryland, police c…
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DC Man Apprehended In Connection To Murder Of Toddler: Police
A Southwest DC man has been charged in connection with the murder of a toddler, authorities said. Dasean Matthews, 23, was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 3 by members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force on a first-degree murder charge in the death of 2-year-old Mars Jones, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Cops were called around 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 to the unit block of Atlantic Street on a report of an unconscious child, they said. Responding officers found an unresponsive 2-year-old boy, who was rushed to an area hospital by EMS workers. However, due t…
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