In a brief Sept. 9 proceeding, Aubrey Canarte, 41, pleaded guilty to murder after DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz explained that Canarte was waiving his constitutional rights for a brazen shooting in a busy Washington neighborhood.
According to the police affidavit, at about 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 1, 2023, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) responded to the sound of gunfire on the 100 block of Farragut Street, NW where they found Richard Ruffin III, 43, mortally wounded by as many as eight bullets.
Police were tipped off by several 911 callers who reported the incident took place in a residential area with several nearby businesses, noting that two individuals in a blue car, including Canarte, arrived at the incident scene where several people were congregating including Ruffin, seated in a lawn chair…