Javon Duckwilder no longer faces a murder charge in the October 2020 homicide. This article is no longer being updated. Read the most recent article hear.
The suspect in a fatal shooting Saturday in Southeast D.C. also was linked to a homicide from 2020, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting at a BP gas station in the 2800 block of Alabama Avenue SE after 8 p.m. Saturday.
Juwan Smith, 23, was taken to a hospital where he died from a gunshot wound, police said.
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A man matching a suspect description was stopped in the area. Javon Duckwilder, 24, of Southeast D.C. was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, police said.
Duckwilder already was under investigation for the death of 23-year-old Alexander Nwogu, police said. Nwogu was found shot about 1:30 a.m. Oct. 5, 2020, outside a gas station in the 4900 block of Connecticut Avenue NW. He was a recent honors graduate of Virginia Tech, and had joined a top consulting firm shortly before he was killed.
After Duckwilder's arrest and interview after Saturday's shooting, police say they had enough evidence to charge him with Nwogu's death.
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Duckwilder's first appearance in D.C. Superior Court is scheduled for Monday.
Saturday’s homicide took place in the same block of Alabama Avenue SE as a homicide on Oct. 17. Danielle Stuckey, 27, was stabbed to death that evening. Tywan Morris, 26, of Southeast D.C. was charged with second-degree murder.
