Overview

• Judge Kendra D. Biggs ordered the 15-year-olds moved from the Youth Services Center to a youth shelter and a parent’s home under 24-hour curfews, electronic monitoring, and no-contact restrictions.
• The girl must live in a shelter with weekly drug tests and a ban on electronic devices, while the boy was released to his mother’s Hyattsville home to facilitate school attendance and will face spot drug tests.
• Biggs warned that any violation would prompt an emergency hearing, noting the girl’s chronic truancy and a prior period reported missing from home.
• D.C. prosecutors opposed the release, citing a pending Maryland matter for the girl and public-safety concerns, as police continue searching for at least one additional suspect who fled the Aug. 3 scene.
• The case unfolded as President Trump federalized the Metropolitan Police Department, deployed National Guard troops, and surged federal law enforcement in Washington, with MPD reporting more than a week without a homicide.