Wednesday, December 28, 2011

arrest made in the 1/19/2011 fatal shooting of William Mitchell; man arrested has been charged with first-degree murder

See this news item from today`s Washington Post:

D.C. police charge three men with murder
By David Marino-Nachison, Published: December 27
http://www.washingtonpost.com/todays_paper?dt=2011-12-28&bk=B&pg=5

D.C. police charged three men with murder Tuesday, announcing arrests in shootings in January and May and a late-night stabbing this month.

Harold Proctor of Upper Marlboro, Anthony Speight of no fixed address and Andrew Wesley Williams of Northeast Washington were arrested separately Tuesday morning, according to police.

Proctor, 19, was charged with felony murder in the Dec. 17 stabbing of Kevin Blackwell Jr., 20. Authorities responding to the 900 block of Burns Street SE found Blackwell suffering from a stab wound at 10:36 p.m.; he died later at a hospital.

Williams, 25, was charged with first-degree murder in the May 14 shooting of Junon Tyree Snead, 30, of Northeast. Snead, one of two men shot dead in separate incidents that night, was found in the 3700 block of Jay Street NE about 5:50 a.m. and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police closed the second case Oct. 28, charging Montez Warren, 30, of Northeast with first-degree murder in the death of Ervin Lamont Griffin, 32, of Southeast.

Speight, 23, was charged with first-degree murder in the Jan. 19 shooting of William Mitchell of Northwest. Mitchell, 33, was found at North Capitol Street and Florida Avenue about 11 p.m., police said, later died at a hospital.
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1 comment:

Suzanne in Bloomingdale said...

I hope this brings some comfort to the family. I am grateful to know that the police continued this investigation.

May we all have a peaceful and safe 2012.
Suzanne