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    Dominique Williams, 32, and James Lionel Johnson, 38 killed by Pentagon Force Protection Agency officer David Dixon, 40

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    https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2...ease-of-video/

    Lawyers for one of the men killed by an off-duty Pentagon police officer in Takoma Park, Maryland, last week are demanding the release of any video of the shooting.

    ?We know that it must be a very strong video for second-degree murder charges to be put in place so quickly,? said Malik Shabazz, lawyer for the family of Dominique Williams, at a news conference Wednesday. ?We need to see this. We are happy with the charges, but we need to see the nakedness of the brutality.?

    Williams, 32, and James Lionel Johnson, 38, were shot and killed by Pentagon Force Protection Agency officer David Dixon, 40, last Wednesday.

    Dixon told the Takoma Park police he had encountered a group of people trying to break into cars in the parking lot of the Takoma Overlook Condominiums on New Hampshire Avenue at about 5 a.m., and they tried to drive away. Dixon said he tried to order them to stop, and when they didn?t, he shot at them. The two men died at Prince George?s Hospital shortly afterward.

    Dixon has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of using a handgun in commission of a felony and reckless endangerment. He?s being held without bond. Dixon ?enjoyed no police powers in Maryland,? Montgomery County State?s Attorney John McCarthy said last week, and thus had no authority to order the group to do anything.

    Shabazz said he plans on filing legal action and named Dixon, the Pentagon Force Protection Agency and the Takoma Overlook Condominiums as possible targets, but added that he couldn?t know for sure until the video was released.

    He also wants to know how thoroughly the Takoma Park police and the Pentagon police investigated an incident from last May in which Dixon was charged with assaulting a woman in the lobby of the condominium, including pointing a shotgun at her. Dixon has been charged with first- and second-degree assault and use of a firearm in a violent crime in that incident.


    Shabazz called Dixon a ?vigilante? and said ?obviously, whenever he gets emotional he pulls his firearm and uses it or threatens to use it.? If the Pentagon police and the condo had looked at the May video, ?We would have known last May that David Hall Dixon is dangerous.?

    During the news conference, Shabazz was informed that county prosecutors said any video of the incident would not be released for several months.

    ?That is 100% unacceptable,? Shabazz said. ?? I do not accept that and I know the community is not going to accept that.?

    Referring to other shooting incidents involving unarmed Black people, Shabazz said, ?All around the country, those videos are being released. ? There?s no reason to hold back that video.?

    Shabazz also said there was no indication that the two men were committing any crimes, and that even if they were, shooting and killing them was unacceptable. He compared Dixon to George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of killing unarmed Black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida in 2012.

    ?Loving and caring father?
    One of the mothers of Williams? four children described him as ?a very loving and caring father? who took his children with him for nights and weekends on a regular basis, adding that he last worked as a home health aide.

    Shabazz added that the support Williams gave to his children would be factored into any lawsuit: ?That source of income has been murdered.?

    He added that a GoFundMe page had been set up for Williams? children ? Trinity, Treasure, Dominique and Harlem.

    A vigil will be held Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Marvin Gaye Recreation Center in Northeast D.C. Speakers will include members of Williams? and Johnson?s families as well D.C. Council members Janeese Lewis George and Trayon White and Montgomery County Council member Will Jawando.

    The Marvin Gaye Recreation Center is located a Banks Place and 62nd Street NE, Washington, D.C.

    WTOP?s Matt Small contributed to this report.




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    An off-duty Pentagon police officer charged with murder in the shootings of two men outside a Maryland condominium building is facing separate assault charges stemming from an earlier incident at the same complex.

    Takoma Park Police Department detectives obtained video that shows David Hall Dixon assaulting a woman with a gun at Takoma Overlook Condominiums on May 6, 2020, the department said in a statement Saturday.

    After seeing the video, detectives charged Dixon with first- and second-degree assault and use of a firearm in a felony or violent crime, police said.

    The department said it learned of the video on Friday, the day when Dixon was arrested in connection with Wednesday's shooting at the same complex where he has lived.

    Dixon fired his gun at two men as their car was driving away, presenting no threat to the officer or justifiable reason for him to shoot at them, police said.

    “Our investigation revealed that Mr. Dixon’s overview of events was inconsistent with the evidence and facts in the case,” Takoma Park Police Chief Antonio DeVaul said Friday.

    The men who died have been identified as Dominique Williams, 32, of Hyattsville, and James Lionel Johnson, 38, of District Heights. Dixon also is charged with attempted second-degree murder for firing into the vehicle that Michael Thomas, 36, was driving, police said.

    A relative of Johnson told the Washington Post on Friday that their family was still trying to understand what happened.

    “He treated everyone that crossed his path with love and respect, like they were family,” said Marcus Cornegay, a cousin. “We as a family are really struggling with this trying to put logic around why he was taken from us.”

    Daniel Walsh, acting director of the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, said in a statement that Dixon was placed on administrative leave pending the results of an internal administrative investigation.
    David Dixon is also facing an assault a woman with gun allegation from 2020.

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    https://www.fox5dc.com/news/off-duty...-by-grand-jury

    Apparently Officer Dixon is also accused shooting at Michael Thomas (36) who survived the shooting.

    TAKOMA PARK, Md. - An off-duty Pentagon officer who allegedly shot and killed two men in Takoma Park has been indicted by a grand jury.

    Montgomery County State's Attorney John McCarthy made the announcement Friday. Officer David Dixon was indicted on two counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, 1st degree assault and three handgun offenses in the killings of Dominique Williams and James Johnson and of Michael Thomas -- who survived the shooting.

    Dixon was also indicted in a separate incident of alleged assault against a homeless woman at the same address. Officer Dixon is behind bars without bond at this time.

    PENTAGON RELEASES PHOTO OF COP ACCUSED IN TAKOMA PARK DOUBLE MURDER

    The shooting incident happened in the parking lot of the Takoma Park Condominiums on Wednesday, April 7th around 5 a.m.

    Dixon told investigators that he saw three men trying to break into a car. When he tried to intervene the men drove off and Dixon allegedly fired his service weapon killing Williams and Johnson. The third man, Thomas was driving the vehicle, but made it out alive.

    FAMILY OF MARYLAND MEN KILLED BY OFF-DUTY PENTAGON OFFICER WANTS SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC

    The attorney for the Williams family has demanded surveillance video of the deadly shooting be released immediately.

    The second indictment is centered on an alleged assault that Dixon is accused of at the same Takoma Park complex. On May 6, Dixon allegedly pulled a gun and used pepper spray on a homeless woman who had entered the condominium complex. In this case he faces 1st degree and 2nd degree assault charges.

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