Police Charge Teenage Boy In May 2023 Southeast, D.C. Fatal Shooting
Thursday, January 22, 2026, 7:00 A.M. ET. 2 Minute Read, By Art Fletcher: Englebrook Independent News,
WASHINGTON, DC.- On Tuesday, an 18-year-old Washington, D.C., teenager currently in custody was formally charged with fatally gunning down a 36-year-old Maryland man in May 2023, in Southeast, D.C.
According to Interim D.C. Metropolitan Police Chief Jeffery Carroll, on Saturday, May 20, 2023, just shortly after 8:00 a.m., members of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department’s Seventh District responded to the sounds of gunfire on the 3400 Block of Stanton Road in Southeast, D.C.
Upon arrival, Police Officers discovered a man, later identified as Little Price, Jr., 36, of Bladensburg, Maryland, unresponsive on the ground, having succumbed to gunshot wounds. Mr. Price was subsequently pronounced deceased at the scene.
During the ensuing investigation, based on witness accounts and area video surveillance footage recovered, D.C. Homicide Branch Detectives were ultimately able to identify a teenage boy as the shooter and the individual responsible for the death of Mr. Price, and a DC Superior Court warrant was issued for his arrest.
On Tuesday, January 20, 2026, after learning that the teenager was in custody, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force responded to the D.C. Central Detention Facility and formally charged the 18-year-old boy, who was 15 years old at the time of the fatal shooting, with one count of first-degree Murder While Armed.
The teen was processed on the charge and was remanded back to the custody of the Washington, D.C. Department of Corrections, 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.”
