A man charged in an Aug. 6 homicide had just been released from jail two days earlier after charges from an October weapons arrest were dropped, according to D.C. Superior Court records.
Franklin Dorn, 43, shot 28-year-old Antonio Brown about 6 a.m. Aug. 6 in the 1200 block of North Capitol Street NW, police said. Brown was taken to a hospital where he died.
Police arrested Dorn Thursday and charged him with first-degree murder while armed.
Dorn had been in jail since his Oct. 26 arrest, according to court records. Police found a loaded 9mm handgun on Dorn after observing him and another individual shooting dice and arrested them for gambling, according to court documents.
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He was indicted in March on charges of carrying a pistol without a license and unlawful possession of a weapon, court records say.
It’s unclear why the charges were dropped Aug. 4, but court records from June show Dorn’s attorney filed a motion on Brady violations, which typically occurs when the defense claims a prosecutor failed to provide evidence favorable to a defendant’s case to the defendant’s lawyer.
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