WASHINGTON — Court records show a murder case against a D.C. man accused of shooting a teenage boy on board a Metro train in 2023 have been dismissed. Documents dated July 31 say the government moved to have the case against Keith Williams dismissed without prejudice. WUSA9 has reached out to prosecutors for details about why the case was dropped.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the shooting happened just before 11:45 a.m. on May 28, 2023, after the teen and the alleged gunman got into an argument on the train. The fight escalated and the suspect reportedly took out a gun and shot at the teen multiple times. He then got off the Green Line train at the Waterfront Station on M Street in Southwest D.C.
Williams was arrested on June 9, 2023, and charged with first-degree