Man Charged For Fatally Stabbing Fellow Inmate At D.C. Central Jail
Thursday, June 12, 2025, 6:15 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
WASHINGTON, DC.- On Tuesday, following an investigation, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department charged a 26-year-old inmate with murder in connection with last month’s stabbing death of a fellow inmate at the D.C. Center Detention Facility.
According to D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela A. Smith, on Tuesday, May 12, 2025, shortly around 2:30 p.m., members of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s First District responded to the D.C. Central Detention Facility located on 1900 Block of D Street in Southeast, D.C. after receiving a report on an inmate being stabbed at the facility.
Police Officers Find Man Stabbed To Death In Jail
Upon arrival, Police Officers and Detectives found a male inmate, later identified as Carlos Shelley, 29, of Southeast, D.C., unresponsive inside a cell, having succumbed to multiple stab wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the jail and pronounced Mr. Shelley deceased at the scene.
During the ensuing investigation, Detectives determined after interviewing jail staff and witnesses and after reviewing jail video surveillance footage that Marquise Jones, 26, of Northwest, D.C., an inmate currently being detained at the jail, during an apparent altercation utilized an object fashioned into a weapon to stab Mr. Shelley multiple times ultimately resulting in his death.
Accordingly, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, pursuant to a D.C. Superior Court booking order, Detectives formally charged Jones with second-degree Murder While Armed. Jones was served and processed on the charge at the D.C. Central Detention Facility, pending future court proceedings in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
“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.”
