A defendant rejected a plea to involuntary manslaughter at a hearing before DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman on Jan. 23.
Jose Ramos, 35, is charged with second-degree murder for his alleged involvement in the fatal beating of his neighbor, Eduardo Cruz, 57, at their apartment building on the 3700 block of Georgia Avenue, NW, on Jan. 25, 2022.
According to court documents, Ramos allegedly left Cruz in a parked car outside the Carter Barron Amphitheater on the 4800 block of Colorado Avenue, NW. Cruz died four days later from blunt force trauma…