12-05-2025
Youth pleads guilty in juvenile court to fatally beating D.C. disc jockey
A 16-year-old charged as a juvenile with fatally beating a man during a robbery pleaded guilty Monday to murder and other charges.
The youth and a 17-year-old companion were accused of felony and second-degree murder, robbery, assault, and unauthorized use of a vehicle in the death of 39-year-old Bryan Smith, a disc jockey and hairstylist who was found unconscious Oct. 28 in the 500 block of T Street NW. He lingered in a coma for weeks before succumbing to his injuries.
