Lashawn Washington, charged in an indictment with killing Chyna Crawford, pleaded not guilty and was ordered detained; Crawford disappeared in October.
Brittany Gaylor pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court to voluntary manslaughter while armed in the Feb. 10 slaying of her 70-year-old father, James Gaylor.
D.C. police are investigating the fatal shooting from Saturday in the 3600 block of Hayes Street in Northeast Washington. One victim died early Sunday.
Prosecutors at trial said that Oscar Ramos killed a man in an elaborate revenge plot in which Ramos believed the victim was connected to his own father’s slaying.
A woman died from multiple gun shots late Friday night in the 1000 block of Spring Road in Northwest D.C. A man who was also shot was in critical condition.
A federal judge ordered Tyrell Bailey to remain in jail and calls the case and officer’s death “a real example of the dangers” of discarding guns in the community.