District Man Charged with First-Degree Murder for Killing a Teenager on the Metro

            WASHINGTON- Keith Williams, 23, of the District of Columbia, was indicted today on the charge of first-degree murder while armed for the shooting death of 17-year-old Brendan Ofori, on board a green line Metro rail car, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves. The Honorable Michael O’Keefe ordered that Williams be held without bond pending trial.

            According to the indictment, on May 28, 2023, Williams and the victim were both traveling on the Metro rail system separately. Surveillance video captured the victim get on a southbound Green Line train at the West Hyattsville Metro Station. The defendant was captured entering the Stadium Armory Metro Station and transferring to a Green Line train at L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station. At approximately 11:40 a.m., while both were on the same train traveling to the Waterfront station, Williams shot the victim multiple times following an altercation between the two. The victim was found to be unresponsive by emergency personnel and pronounced dead a short time later.

            This case is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Interrante.

            An indictment is merely an allegation, and all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.