Police Charge Trio In January 2024, Southeast, D.C. Fatal Shooting
Saturday, November 29, 2025, 6:45 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
WASHINGTON, DC.- On Wednesday, two Southeast, D.C., men, and a District Heights, Maryland, man, currently in custody, were formally charged in connection with their roles in the shooting death of a 31-year-old man that occurred in January 2024, in Southeast, D.C.
According to D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela A. Smith, on Thursday, January 25, 2024, just minutes after 1:00 p.m., members of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District responded to a report of an unresponsive man inside an apartment located on the 3500 Block of 6th Street in Southeast, D.C.
Police Officers Find Man Shot Dead Inside An Apartment
Upon arrival, Police Officers located a man, later identified as Malik Gliss, 31, of Southeast, D.C., having succumbed to a fatal gunshot wound. Mr. Gliss was pronounced deceased at the scene by DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services.
Investigation Results In Three Men Being Charged
During the ensuing investigation, Detectives of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch were able to develop information linking Steven Metts, 20, and Keondre Carroll, 22, both of Southeast, D.C., and Jovontae Wallace, 21, of District Heights, Maryland, for their involvement in the shooting death of Mr. Gliss, and warrants were issued for their arrests.
On Wednesday, November 26, 2025, after learning that the three men were currently in custody on other charges, members of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department responded to the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Fugitive Unit and formally charged Metts, Carroll, and Wallace each with one count of first-degree Murder While Armed.
The three were processed on the charges and remanded to the custody of the D.C. Department of Corrections pending their first appearance 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.”
