Alonzo Smith’s death in the custody of two special police officers has been ruled a homicide by the Medical Examiner, reports Fox 5 DC.
Initially, the police report ruled Smith’s death “justifiable homicide,” but that decision was reversed after questioning by reporters.
There has so far been no official accounting of what happened to Smith the morning of Nov. 1 on the second-floor landing of the Marbury Plaza Apartments in Southeast D.C. The Medical Examiner’s report tells part of the story, but there is still so much more unknown.
"I'm no longer stating that my son was beaten to death. My son was tortured to death. There are more injuries in the coroner’s report than I could visibly see with my eyes. There were injuries on my son’s back. He was hemorrhaging — the back. The back of his head was busted,” said mother Beverly Smith.
This suggests to Beverly Smith that her son may have been dragged at some point.
The only eyewitness to come forward saw or heard Smith running through the Marbury Plaza parking lot screaming for help and yelling, “They’re trying to kill me.”
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