D.C. Employee Faces Murder Charge For Fatal Shooting of 13-Year-Old

A Washington, D.C., government employee faces a murder charge for the fatal shooting of Karon Blake, a black 13-year-old middle school student whose death has rocked the nation’s capital.

Jason Lewis (41), was taken into police custody on Tuesday. He has been charged for second-degree killing while armed.

Lewis insists on his innocence “While this is certainly a tragedy, once all the facts are heard, I believe that a jury will find that there was no crime here,” In a statement, Lee Smith, his attorney, said that he was innocent. Report by NBC News.

Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee and court documents divulged new details about the deadly incident outside Lewis’ home in the Brookland neighborhood at around 4 a.m. on Saturday, January 7.

Police say Lewis heard strange noises and saw someone who looked like he was. “tampering” With cars. In the subsequent interaction with “youngsters” Authorities claim that Lewis, wearing black, walked outside with a legally registered firearm and shouted at them. “Hey! What are y’all doing?” Lewis was on his property when he shot at a “getaway vehicle” Blake should have fired before anyone else. “ran toward” Contee spoke during a news conference. According to the police chief, it was not clear if Blake knew Lewis was there.

Blake shouted out, even shouting of “I am sorry,” Also available: “I am a kid” “I am only 12,” According to an affidavit. According to an affidavit, authorities previously stated that Lewis had performed CPR on Blake following the shooting, but Blake succumbed soon thereafter at a hospital. NBC Washington Reports.

Officials did not immediately identify Lewis as a shooter during the following weeks, but Mayor Muriel bowser confirmed that the shooter was a D.C. government employee and was placed on administrative leaves. The authorities also rejected a wave “misinformation” Allegations It was all about race. The shooter was a black male.

Contee is now asking other juveniles that were spotted fleeing to the scene to come forward. “This young man shouldn’t be dead. But, he is, and now again we have to go through the course of the judicial process,” He said.

A grief-stricken community Held a Vigil Blake and other locals protested the use force earlier in this month. “Property is not greater than life. Karon should be alive today,” Christina Henderson, D.C. Council Member.

According to Kerry Richardson who is the principal at Brookland Middle School where Blake was a student, Blake left behind a mom and three younger siblings. “He was a quiet and inquisitive scholar who loved fashion and football,” Richardson was also added. “Although he loved his neighborhood, he loved Brookland MS (the faculty & his peers) and the structure it presented to him even more.”