Off-duty Pentagon cop who shot dead two men breaking into cars is indicted on two counts of murder and now also faces charges for pepper-spraying a homeless woman in his condo building
David Hall Dixon, 40, killed two men who he believed were breaking into cars at Takoma Overlook Condominiums on New Hampshire Avenue
The victims have been identified as Dominique Williams, 32, and 38-year-old James Lionel Johnson
It is believed that the men were fleeing the scene in a getaway vehicle during the shooting
By DAN MORSE | The Washington Post | Published: April 30, 2021 A Pentagon police officer accused of shooting at three men in a Maryland parking lot as they drove away was indicted on two counts of murder and a single count of attempted murder, according to Montgomery County Circuit Court records made public Friday. The grand jury also indicted David Hall Dixon, 40, on assault counts for an unrelated incident last year when he allegedly pointed a shotgun and discharged pepper spray at a homeless woman who had come into the lobby of his condominium building. Taken together, all of the charges filed Thursday expose Dixon, who was off duty at the time of the incidents, to a possible sentence topping 200 years.
The mother of Johnson’s 2-and-a-half-year-old son said she’s filled with sorrow and disgust.
“No child deserves to be told that their father was shot in the back and murdered for no reason,” she said.
David Hall Dixon faces two second-degree murder charges. He told police the men were breaking into cars in the parking lot of the condominium building.
“An epidemic that’s been going on for a long time where badges and oaths and guns somehow continue to take away Black life needlessly,” the Rev. Graylan Hagler said.
Since Dixon’s arrest, video from an incident almost a year ago surfaced, and Dixon’s also facing assault and weapons charges for allegedly pointing a long gun at a woman in the building’s lobby.
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