Around 1:25 pm on November 18, 1983, 14-year-old ninth grader DeWitt Duckett walked with two other students to the cafeteria of Harlem Park Junior High School through a quiet hallway.
While going to the cafeteria, Duckett, who was wearing a US$52 to $75 ($159 to $229 in 2023)[a] Georgetown University jacket, was approached by a man with a small-caliber gun and two other people.
After being shot, Duckett ran upstairs, through the cafeteria, and collapsed in front of the doors to the administration offices.
School staff also reported that three non-student 16-year-olds, Alfred Chestnut, Andrew Stewart, and Ransom Watkins, were in the building earlier in the day.
The afternoon of the funeral, Kincaid was informed of another potential witness, a 13-year-old girl who was interviewed in a conference room and identified Chestnut, Stewart, and Watkins.
He noticed one of the leads said that a person named Michael Willis, who had been shot dead in 2002,[6] was reported to have been at the school when the murder happened, was armed, and wore a Georgetown University jacket to a skating rink later that day.
[2] In the summer, Bishop, who was now 50 years old, received a letter from Mosby's office about the case State v. Alfred Chestnut, et al.
[2] On August 8, 2019, he walked into Lipscomb's office and told about how his friend was killed, how he had been threatened by Kincaid, and how he lied in court.
Three days later, they were taken to a courthouse where Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Charles Peters apologized to the trio and set them free.
This lawsuit can't bring back everything we lost, but it's an important step as we try to move forward and heal.