DC man killed by son in Navy Yard capturing
A D.C. man is in jail after police say he shot and killed his father inside a Navy Yard residence. FOX 5’s Nana-Sentuo Bonsu has the story.
WASHINGTON – A D.C. man is in jail after police say he shot and killed his father inside a Navy Yard residence.
Darryl Smith, 61, was discovered useless Tuesday night inside The Parc Flats on First Road Southeast.
His sister, Sharon Smith, advised FOX 5 she was in disbelief that her nephew, 37-year-old De-Angelo Goldston, was the one who pulled the set off.
“I am upset as a result of he beloved his son,” she mentioned. “He beloved all of his youngsters dearly. He would at all times say, ‘I’d die for my youngsters,’ however I by no means thought he would die by the fingers of his child.”
FOX 5 was on the scene Tuesday when Sharon Smith arrived and knocked on the door, calling out to her brother. She mentioned Goldston answered and stepped again, revealing her brother mendacity in a pool of blood.
In line with courtroom paperwork, Goldston shot his father at the least 3 times in entrance of his two-year-old daughter, who later advised police and Sharon, “My dad shot my pop pop.”
Daryl Smith, 61, of Washington D.C. Photograph by way of household.
Smith, who used a wheelchair, had a ardour for music and beloved rapping. His household shared a video of him acting at his mom’s funeral.
“If he was standing right here proper now, he’d say, ‘Let me ask you one thing, you want rap?’ and he would simply begin spitting,” Sharon Smith mentioned. “He needed to be a rapper. He was a very good individual. I’m going to overlook him. A coronary heart of gold.”
Investigators recovered a gun on the scene.
Goldston has been charged with second-degree homicide and stays in jail.
He appeared in courtroom Wednesday, and his preliminary listening to is ready for March.
