» Judge Releases Teen Homicide Defendant After Finding Probable Cause

DC Superior Court Judge Jason Park found probable cause in a fatal shooting case involving a 17-year-old victim, but released the defendant to home confinement on March 16.

Jaylnn Jamison, 18, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for her alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Tristan Johnson. The incident took place near the Stadium Armory Metro Station on the 1900 block of C Street, SE, on Nov. 8, 2025.

During the preliminary hearing, the prosecution called the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detective who investigated the shooting and wrote Jamison’s arrest warrant. Prosecutors played a video from about 12:20 p. m. the day of the shooting, in which two individuals in a Metro car were beaten and robbed of a coat by four other individuals…

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