Judge Releases Domestic Violence Homicide Defendant Claiming Years of Abuse - DC Witness

Judge Releases Domestic Violence Homicide Defendant Claiming Years of Abuse - DC Witness

DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz granted a homicide defendant’s request for release to home confinement during a hearing on May 1.  Shawnta Aiken, 52, is charged with second-degree murder while armed for her alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of 56-year-old Richard Walker on Nov. 2, 2025 on the 3000 block of P Street, SE.  Dominique Winters, Aiken’s attorney, filed a motion to reconsider release, after Judge Kravitz denied her origina…