Thursday, October 22, 2015

Fatal Stabbing Inside Layla Lounge (Florida Avenue Market) [UPDATED]

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A man was stabbed late last night inside Layla Lounge (501 Morse Street) in the Florida Avenue Market area. Layla Lounge is a popular nightclub, and not typically a problem spot. The stabbing took place a little after 1am. A man in his early twenties was reportedly stabbed in the chest and abdomen following a fight on the club's second flood and later died of his injuries. Layla Lounge had musical performances scheduled as part of the club's Levels Wednesdays series. Judging from that top video below, and one on Periscope there was quite a line out front earlier.

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UPDATE
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MPD released the identity of the victim. It's Eric Jones of Clinton, Maryland. Mr. Jones was 19 years old. MPD is asking for anyone with any information about what happened to please contact police.




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WUSA 9 has coverage too, but I didn't embed it due to autoplay settings.

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

lovely!

Anonymous said...

no suspect info inside a club w/ security? shut this place down

inked said...

12:48,
None that MPD is releasing at the moment. They have cameras and the investigation is ongoing. I'm sure more info will come out.

pat said...

well I imagine Cathy Lanier will give them a closure order.

Anonymous said...

grand opening...grand closing

inked said...

9:55,
Layla Lounge has actually been open at that location since the summer of 2008.

Anonymous said...

We all know what kind of scum hang out at this place. Don't act surprised.

Annoyingmous said...

Anon 10:38am -- What kind of scum is that? I don't know. Have you gone to this club?

Anonymous said...

This is a conspiracy to gentrify union market and drive out all the local color and turn it into a giant yoga, latte, park where people can play with their labradoodles after leaving their jobs with benefits!

I want affordable housing for the poor on disability and I want at least 6 armed robberies every night to keep coco city true to its roots. DC was the murder capitol once and it will be once again.

Anonymous said...

@ anon 9:25

I wouldn't mind a safe public park where I can do yoga after work, but mixing caffeine with exercise is not a very safe idea. NoMA has $50 million to make more green space. We should pass this idea along minus the coco city part.

Anonymous said...

https://twitter.com/DCPoliceDept/status/658453003704389633

Robbery Gun_ Neal St./5th St. NE. LOF: 2 B/M, (1) brown comp, 5'8", dreads, black jacket w/ reflector, 1 of 2

Anonymous said...

Some people are just ignorant as hell. Someone lost their life to non sense. And instead of talking about what we can do to better things it's always some racial shit said. Adults Are Kids THEse days.

Anonymous said...

Ignorant