D.C. police arrest man, 24, in fatal shooting of two brothers

The Quintano brothers were killed Dec. 12 in the 2300 block of Fourth Street NE near a liquor store just north of Rhode Island Avenue.

There were no weapons recovered from either brother or near their bodies at the scene, police said.

Surveillance video shows the brothers and Jackson in a “verbal altercation” just before the shooting, police said in an affidavit filed Monday in Superior Court.

Police said the video then shows Jackson shooting the brothers one by one and firing again at Octavio Quintano as he lay on the pavement, seemingly already wounded.

Police said they found a duffle bag and backpack stuffed under a vehicle nearby, and that multiple documents inside the backpack had Jackson’s name on them.

On Saturday, Jackson called 911, saying he “is wanted for murder” and that he “shot someone, and nobody else was involved,” police said.

Jackson then told a call-taker that he did not remember why he fired shots, was drunk at the time and that he has mental issues. He said he would die when he gets to jail, according to a screenshot of the transcript of dispatcher for the Office of Unified Communications, which was included in the affidavit.

He was transported for an emergency psychiatric evaluation and later arrested for first-degree murder while armed.

Jackson repeatedly told detectives that he “was going to die anyway” and said he would “rather do my time than nobody else.”

He also said, “I go do something and I do it to the wrong person.” Police in the affidavit said they thought Jackson was indicating that he meant to shoot someone else instead of the Quintano brothers.

As the detectives were leaving the interview room, Jackson said: “One more thing. I apologize for my actions. I really am remorseful. I’m not going to lie to you. But it ain’t going to change nothing.”