DC Superior Court Judge Ryan denied a jail stabbing defendant’s request to dismiss his attorney at a hearing on Feb. 18.
Ovid Gabriel, 21, is charged with assault with intent to kill while armed and assault on a police officer for his alleged involvement in stabbing a correctional officer on Aug. 3, 2025, inside the DC Jail, on the 1900 block of D Street, SE. The officer sustained nine stab wounds, a collapsed lung, and a lacerated intestine.
At the hearing, Gabriel’s attorney, Kevin Irving, asked Judge Ryan to grant his request to withdraw because Gabriel wanted new counsel…