Arrest Triple Homicide in Trinidad Neighborhood

Arrest Made in 2008 Triple Homicide in Trinidad Neighborhood

The Metropolitan Police Department has announced that a second arrest has been made in the murders of Duane Hough, Anthony Mincey, and Johnny Jeter, who were shot to death on Holbrook Street, NE on May 31, 2008.

On Friday, March 6, 2009, detectives of the Homicide Branch Major Case Squad obtained an arrest warrant charging 24-year-old Andre Clinkscale of Northeast Washington, DC with three counts of First Degree Murder While Armed in the homicides of Misters Hough, Mincey, and Jeter. On Sunday, March 8, 2009, at approximately 8:00 pm, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested Mr. Clinkscale, without incident, in the 3400 block Croffut Place SE.

On Saturday, May 31, 2008, at approximately 4:15 am, officers assigned to the Fifth District responded to the 1100 block of Holbrook Street, NE to investigate the report of gunshots at that location. Upon arrival, police located three adult males suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. All three victims were pronounced dead on the scene by a representative from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia. The victims were identified as 37-year-old Duane Hough of the 1400 block of Trinidad Street, NE, 35-year-old Anthony Mincey of the 600 block of Morton Street, NW, and 24-year-old Johnny Jeter of the 1700 block of Holbrook Street, NE.