Second Jury Convicts 3 DC Men In Shooting That Left One Dead, Another Wounded: DOJ
A second jury reached the verdict the first one couldn't.
Three DC men were convicted on Friday, Oct. 2, in the 2021 murder of 34-year-old Delonte King, who was shot in the head and back during a burst of gunfire that also wounded another man.
Demonte Gibson, 28, Tre’Quan Nelson, 26, and Asani Forte, 29, were found guilty following a retrial in DC Superior Court, more than a year after their first trial ended with a hung jury.
King was killed shortly after 2 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2021, when gunfire broke out in the 2800 block of 14th Street NW.
Police responding to the shooting found King uncon…
'Give It To Me': DC Man Had Just One Dime When Robber Shot Him In Head, Feds Say
There was almost nothing to take.
A 24-year-old man killed during a robbery outside his DC home had just a dime in his pocket when police found him after the November 2023 shooting, according to federal prosecutors.
Now, the man who killed Jireh Martinez is headed to prison for 20 years.
Kenneth Coleman, 37, was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 2, after pleading guilty to second-degree murder while armed in the Nov. 17, 2023, killing.
Martinez was coming home from a convenience store that day when Coleman confronted him and put a gun to his head, court documents state.
Coleman repeatedly demand…
Man Pulled On Car Door Handles Before Gun Handoff, Deadly Chase Through DC: Feds
It started with someone pulling on car door handles at 4:15 in the morning. It ended with a 23-year-old dead, and two men facing murder charges nearly two months later.
District residents Henry Buchanan, 48, and Charles Jenkins, 46, were arrested in connection with the Aug. 4 shooting death of Xavier Fogle in Northwest DC, federal authorities announced on Friday, Oct. 2.
According to court documents, surveillance cameras captured Fogle pulling on door handles in the 1400 block of Clifton Street NW, including one belonging to Buchanan.
Buchanan came out of a nearby building and confronted F…
Possible Murder-Suicide: 3 Found Dead In Skillman Mansion, Prosecutor Says
Three people were found shot dead in a New Jersey home, including one person who was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday, Oct. 2, officials said.
At 5:52 p.m., the three bodies were discovered at a home on Wild Azalea Lane, in Skillman, Somerset County Prosecutor John McDonald said.
Caution tape was seen outside of the mansion 39 Wild Azalea Ln., as published by The Montgomery News.
The investigation began a day earlier, when Montgomery Township police received a request to check on the occupants of the home just before 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, McDonald said.&nb…