Metropolitan Police Detectives Charge Man In November 7th Shooting

Friday, November 22, 2024, 12:30 P.M. ET. 1 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,

WASHINGTON, DC.- On Thursday, D.C. Metropolitan Police Officers apprehended a Southeast, D.C. man in connection with the November 7, 2024, mid-morning shooting in Southeast, D.C.

     According to D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela A. Smith, on Thursday, November 7, 2024, at around 10:45 a.m., members of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department responded to a report of shots fired on the Unit Block of 53rd Street in Southeast, D.C.

     Upon arrival, Police Officers found a man who advised them that he had been shot by an unknown suspect who fled the scene. The man was immediately transported to a nearby hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound and was subsequently released.

Detectives Identify Shooter

     During an ensuing investigation, Detectives were able to identify the suspect as DeAngelo Jones, 21, of Southeast, D.C., as the shooter, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. 

     On Thursday, November 21, 2024, pursuant to the D.C. Superior Court warrant, Police Officers of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Sixth District located and apprehended Jones. Following his arrest, Detectives formally charged him with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. Jones was processed on the charge and remanded to the D.C. Central Detention Center.

“The rules of the court require us to include a statement that states: The charges outlined in this publication are merely accusations, and the defendant and or defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.”