16-year-old to be held after deadly DC recording studio shooting

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A judge ordered a 16-year-old to be held after finding probable cause in his connection with a murder at a recording studio in D.C. in 2025.

The Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia annonced Monday that Keyonte Johnson will be held pending his trial.

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Johnson is accused of shooting 20-year-old Roy Lee Bennett Jr. seven times during a recording session at a studio in the 300 block of Morse Street on Dec. 5.

The shooting broke out in The Gantry apartment building, near Union Market. The apartment was being used a recording studio…

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