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Family speaks out after 18-year-old killed in hit-and-run in DC
A grieving mother demands justice and wants your help finding the man suspected of killing her daughter in a hit-and-run crash in Southeast. Police have released photos of the suspect. FOX 5’s Shomari Stone has the story.
WASHINGTON - D.C. police are once again asking the public to help find a man accused of killing a 19-year-old woman in a hit-and-run car crash over the summer.
Andre Maurice Johnson, 30, is wanted for murder in the crash that claimed the life of Madison Jones. Police have been searching for Johnson since July, when they developed him as a suspect.
Police say he was driving a 2017 Mercedes C300 when he ran the red light at the intersection of 11th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast, hitting Jones in the Capitol Hill neighborhood around 12:30 p.m. on June 8.
Jones was driving her 2005 Ford Focus when Johnson reportedly hit her on the driver’s side of her car. The force of the impact threw her from the driver’s seat and out of the car through the passenger side. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The two passengers in her car were treated for minor injuries and released from area hospitals.
Police say Johnson and another person hopped out of the car and took off running.
Jones’ mother spoke to FOX 5 after the accident, pleading for the suspect to turn himself in — so she can have justice for Madison.
"There are no words to describe my feelings with losing my daughter. We have birthdays that are two days apart," Jones said. "She was really taken three weeks before her 19th birthday."
The only thing she had to say to Johnson was: "Do the human, right thing, responsible thing, and turn yourself in."
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at (202) 727-9099 or text a tip to 50411. The Metropolitan Police Department is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case.