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Arrest Made in Shooting Death of 13-Year-Old
By Petula Dvorak
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 20, 2006; 4:16 PM
A 16-year-old was arrested today in the shooting death of 13-year-old Deangelo Borras last week, and the altercation appears to have begun with a fight over a stolen car, police said.
Demetrius Green, 16, is being charged as an adult with the first-degree murder of Deangelo, who was ambushed in a courtyard by a group of teenage gunmen last Wednesday night. He was the sixth juvenile killed in the District this year.
Detectives believe the shooting may have been the result of a skirmish between Deangelo and Green that began on one of the last days of school, said Capt. C.V. Morris, head of the D.C. police department's violent crimes branch.
The two, who knew each other from the neighborhood, were fighting over a stolen car,
he said, although it is unclear whether it was stolen by either boy.
Detectives expect to make two more arrests of boys around Green's age, Morris said.
Investigators secured a warrant for Green's arrest Sunday, and he was detained this morning when the D.C. Joint Fugitive Task Force found him in the 700 block of Atlantic Street SW, Morris said.
Detectives were still at work this afternoon in the apartment where Green lived with his mother, cataloging "a lot of contraband" that was found during the arrest. Morris wasn't specific about the items found but said police had not yet found the weapon used in last week's shooting.
Police said two weapons fired bullets into the courtyard outside Deangelo's house in the unit block of Irvington Street SW minutes before midnight last Wednesday.
One bullet hit Deangelo in the back as he tried to run. Several shots hit a 32-year-old man who was in the courtyard with the boy. Police did not identify the man, who was in stable condition at
a local hospital, because he was a witness.
Family and friends described the man with Deangelo as a mentor to the youth. The two were meeting because the boy wanted to talk about getting a cellphone, family friend Tara McCree said.
The man didn't pay attention to Green and two other youths when the trio walked into the complex's courtyard. They made one sweep of the courtyard, then turned back, ran toward Deangelo and the man and opened fire.
Morris said the assailants ran from the courtyard, across the street and into a parking lot.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/20/AR2006062000940.html
By Petula Dvorak
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 20, 2006; 4:16 PM
A 16-year-old was arrested today in the shooting death of 13-year-old Deangelo Borras last week, and the altercation appears to have begun with a fight over a stolen car, police said.
Demetrius Green, 16, is being charged as an adult with the first-degree murder of Deangelo, who was ambushed in a courtyard by a group of teenage gunmen last Wednesday night. He was the sixth juvenile killed in the District this year.
Detectives believe the shooting may have been the result of a skirmish between Deangelo and Green that began on one of the last days of school, said Capt. C.V. Morris, head of the D.C. police department's violent crimes branch.
The two, who knew each other from the neighborhood, were fighting over a stolen car,
he said, although it is unclear whether it was stolen by either boy.
Detectives expect to make two more arrests of boys around Green's age, Morris said.
Investigators secured a warrant for Green's arrest Sunday, and he was detained this morning when the D.C. Joint Fugitive Task Force found him in the 700 block of Atlantic Street SW, Morris said.
Detectives were still at work this afternoon in the apartment where Green lived with his mother, cataloging "a lot of contraband" that was found during the arrest. Morris wasn't specific about the items found but said police had not yet found the weapon used in last week's shooting.
Police said two weapons fired bullets into the courtyard outside Deangelo's house in the unit block of Irvington Street SW minutes before midnight last Wednesday.
One bullet hit Deangelo in the back as he tried to run. Several shots hit a 32-year-old man who was in the courtyard with the boy. Police did not identify the man, who was in stable condition at
a local hospital, because he was a witness.
Family and friends described the man with Deangelo as a mentor to the youth. The two were meeting because the boy wanted to talk about getting a cellphone, family friend Tara McCree said.
The man didn't pay attention to Green and two other youths when the trio walked into the complex's courtyard. They made one sweep of the courtyard, then turned back, ran toward Deangelo and the man and opened fire.
Morris said the assailants ran from the courtyard, across the street and into a parking lot.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/20/AR2006062000940.html
