WJLA says Judge Neal Kravitz found Jaime Macedo guilty of voluntary manslaughter while armed. NBC4 says he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Voluntary manslaughter while armed, and voluntary manslaughter, and manslaughter, are not the same count. A bench outside Father O'Connell Hall, and a park on the campus, and a small plaza by that hall, and the 600 block of Alumni Lane, are not the same place. Brookland-CUA Metro, and Brookland Metro, and Brookland-Catholic University Metro, are not the same station line. Snapchat messages, and a message, and an urgent message, are not the same account. Cash App, and cash app, and $300 with no app named, are not the same line. Judge Kravitz accepted the plea and found Jaime Macedo guilty of voluntary manslaughter while armed. A 12-to-15-year range is not the sentence. Sentencing has not happened.

WJLA, which puts 7News on the dateline, is by Cassie Schirm, stamped Fri, November 6, 2026, at 2:24 p.m., and updated Fri, November 6, 2026, at 11:09 p.m. Neither stamp prints a zone. The headline says a man pleads guilty in the killing of a Kentucky teacher on the Catholic University campus. The opening says the man charged in his death pleaded guilty Friday. The next sentence says Jaime Macedo pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed in the July 5, 2023, killing of 25-year-old Maxwell Emerson, who was visiting Washington, D.C., from Kentucky. Pleaded guilty, in that sentence, and found guilty, later, are not the same step. WJLA says that during Friday's hearing in D.C. Superior Court, prosecutors detailed how Emerson was approached outside the Brookland-CUA Metro station around 7:30 a.m. by Macedo, who was carrying a loaded handgun without a safety. It says Macedo demanded money as the two walked toward the campus, and that Emerson raised both hands in the air on two occasions. It says they reached a bench outside Father O'Connell Hall, where Emerson sent Macedo $300 through Cash App at approximately 7:55 a.m. It says that just two minutes later, prosecutors said Emerson sent Snapchat messages to his mother indicating he needed help because he was being robbed at gunpoint, and that despite receiving the money Macedo continued pressuring him. It says that when Macedo reached toward him, Emerson lunged at Macedo and tackled him, and that during the struggle Macedo's handgun discharged, striking Emerson in the abdomen. It says Emerson died from his injuries. Around 7:30 a.m., and approximately 7:55 a.m., and two minutes later, are the clocks WJLA prints. Discharged, and striking him in the abdomen, are WJLA's words for the shot. Judge Neal Kravitz asked whether Macedo knew Emerson was becoming increasingly afraid. Macedo answered "Yes." WJLA says he also acknowledged that continuing to pressure Emerson for money while carrying a loaded handgun created an extremely unsafe situation, that reaching toward Emerson and struggling with him while armed created an extreme risk of death or serious bodily injury, and that his actions were not self-defense and the shooting was not an accident or mistake. It says those admissions came after he maintained at his first trial that he did not intend to shoot Emerson and that the gun discharged unintentionally. In May, it says, jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict on the homicide charges, a mistrial, and the jury did convict him of unlawful possession of a firearm by a person with a prior conviction. It says an earlier plea was rejected in September after Kravitz questioned whether the facts established that Macedo consciously disregarded the risk of death or serious injury. It says that following Friday's questioning, Kravitz accepted the guilty plea and found him guilty of voluntary manslaughter while armed. It says the plea agreement discussed in court includes a sentencing range of 12 to 15 years in prison, and that Macedo has not yet been sentenced. Sentencing is Jan. 15, 2027, at 2:15 p.m., when the court will also address the earlier firearm conviction. Kravitz ordered him to remain held without bond pending sentencing. The second trial, previously scheduled to begin January 4, has been canceled. January 4 does not carry a year on that line. Jan. 15, 2027, does.

NBC4, by Paul Wagner, was published November 6, 2026, and updated on November 6, 2026, at 6:14 p.m. The update stamp does not print a zone. The headline says that after a mistrial, a man pleads guilty in a killing on the Catholic University campus. The subhead says Jaime Macedo's murder trial in May ended in a mistrial, that he took a plea deal Friday, and that he could receive 12 to 15 years in prison. The lead says the man accused of killing a Kentucky teacher pleaded guilty to manslaughter Friday. Manslaughter, on NBC4, and voluntary manslaughter while armed, on WJLA, are not the same count. Accused, in that lead, and found guilty, on WJLA, are not the same word. A video line on the page says Macedo admitted that the shooting of Maxwell Emerson during a robbery was not in self-defense and was not a mistake. NBC4 says that on the morning of July 5, 2023, prosecutors say Macedo attempted to rob Emerson outside the entrance to the Brookland Metro station by flashing a gun, and then, for the next 30 minutes or so, had Emerson under his control and pressured him for money. Brookland Metro, and Brookland-CUA Metro, are not the same station line. Outside the entrance, and outside the station, are not the same door. Flashing a gun, and a loaded handgun without a safety, are not the same description. Thirty minutes or so does not print 7:30 a.m. or 7:55 a.m. WJLA's around 7:30 a.m. and approximately 7:55 a.m. are twenty-five minutes apart on a clock, before the two minutes WJLA adds. Those spans are not the same clock. NBC4 says surveillance video showed Emerson walking next to Macedo, and the next words on the page are "his hands in the air," with a period and then a lowercase h. Hands in the air, once, on a video, and both hands in the air on two occasions, are not the same count. NBC4 says it ended in a park on the Catholic University campus when Emerson tackled Macedo and was shot. A park, and a bench outside Father O'Connell Hall, are not the same place. Was shot, and a handgun discharged, striking him in the abdomen, are not the same sentence. NBC4 does not print the abdomen, a hospital, or Alumni Lane. It says the victim's father, Steve Emerson, watched Friday's hearing virtually. It quotes him: "We have to admit it was a very bittersweet moment. Sweet in the fact that, after three years, we heard him say 'I'm guilty for the death of your son.' But also bitter in the same vein, that it came in a plea deal, that it wasn't what we thought it was going to be." It says Macedo took the stand at the earlier trial and claimed it wasn't a robbery and that Maxwell Emerson was actually trying to help him. Wasn't a robbery, and trying to help him, are not the same account as WJLA's "did not intend to shoot" and "discharged unintentionally." It quotes Steve Emerson that they thought it was going to be a slam dunk, an open-and-shut case. It says testimony revealed Maxwell Emerson did send $300 to Macedo via a cash app before sending an urgent message to his mother that he was being robbed and needed help. Cash app, and Cash App, are not the same case. An urgent message, and Snapchat messages, are not the same account. Before, and two minutes later, are not the same clock. In court Friday, NBC4 quotes Kravitz: "You knew that Mr. Emerson had become increasingly afraid of you? Is that true?" Macedo said "Yes." Had become increasingly afraid of you, and becoming increasingly afraid, are not the same question. NBC4 quotes, "You knew that you were creating an extremely unsafe situation? Is that true?" and "You were not acting in self-defense and that this was not an accident or a mistake. You agree with those statements?" Macedo said "Yes" to each. The extremely unsafe question, as NBC4 quotes it, does not print the money, the loaded handgun, or the extreme risk of death or serious bodily injury that WJLA narrates. NBC4 also prints a longer quotation from Steve Emerson that calls Maxwell "Max," a soft, kind human being, and that runs the judge's questions together with broken quotation marks, including "So you knew he was scared" and "he was becoming more afraid as this progressed," and ends with the father saying that pretty much everything said at the trial is not what Macedo is saying now. According to the plea deal, NBC4 says, Macedo could receive 12 to 15 years in prison. Could receive, and a sentencing range in the agreement, are not the same line. It says Max Emerson's father says that when they attend the sentencing on Jan. 15, they will ask for the maximum. Max, and Maxwell, are not the same name. Jan. 15, on NBC4, does not print 2027 or 2:15 p.m. A request for the maximum is not the sentence. NBC4 does not print a bond, January 4, or Jessica Willis.

WTOP, by Tamika Cody, is stamped November 7, 2026, at 4:34 a.m. The time element is 2026-11-07T04:34:43-05:00. The page's modified time is 2026-11-07T04:35:42-05:00. A November 8, 2026, 7:06 a.m. line by WTOP Staff sits on the page under a next-story heading about weekend road closures. That stamp is not this story. The headline is "Sentencing set for 2023 killing of Kentucky teacher at Catholic University." The opening says the man charged in his death is scheduled for sentencing in January, according to newly filed court documents. Sentencing set, and a Friday plea hearing, are not the same frame. Charged, in that opening, and found guilty, on WJLA, are not the same word. WTOP says Jaime Macedo, 25, of Northwest D.C., is set to appear in D.C. Superior Court on Jan. 15, 2027, for sentencing in the July 5, 2023, killing of Maxwell Emerson, 25, of Crestwood, Kentucky. Age 25 for Macedo, Northwest D.C., and Crestwood are on WTOP. They are not in the WJLA or NBC4 sentences that were read. A court order issued Friday lists charges of voluntary manslaughter while armed and unlawful possession of a firearm by someone with a prior conviction. Lists charges, and found him guilty, are not the same line. Someone with a prior conviction, and a person with a prior conviction, are not the same words. Macedo remains in custody without bond. In custody without bond, and ordered to remain held without bond pending sentencing, are not the same order. In a memorandum filed Thursday, his attorney, Jessica Willis, outlined a plea agreement where Macedo would plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed. Would plead, on Thursday, and pleaded, and found guilty, on Friday, are not the same tense. Jessica Willis is on WTOP. She is not on WJLA or NBC4. WTOP says the filing comes after Judge Neal Kravitz raised questions about whether the facts in an earlier plea were legally sufficient to support the manslaughter charge. Manslaughter charge, in that sentence, and voluntary manslaughter while armed, are not the same line. September, and consciously disregarded, are WJLA. They are not in that WTOP sentence. Under a heading, "New details about the deadly encounter," WTOP says that according to defense documents, Macedo approached Emerson near the Brookland-CUA Metro station and repeatedly pressed him for money while carrying a loaded handgun. Defense documents, and prosecutors, are not the same speaker. Near the station, and outside the station, are not the same spot. The documents state Emerson raised both hands twice and sent Macedo $300 through Cash App at 7:55 a.m. At 7:55 a.m., and at approximately 7:55 a.m., are not the same precision. Two minutes later, Emerson messaged his mother that he believed he was being robbed at gunpoint. Messaged, and Snapchat messages, are not the same account. Believed he was being robbed, and was being robbed, are not the same word. WTOP says the two eventually reached the campus, where the encounter turned physical, and that according to the filing Macedo reached toward Emerson, who lunged at him and tackled him, and the handgun discharged, fatally wounding Emerson. Fatally wounding, and died from his injuries, and was shot, are not the same sentence. No bench, no Father O'Connell Hall, and no park are in that account. The defense memo, WTOP says, explains Macedo knew his actions created serious injury, but he continued to pressure Emerson for money. Serious injury, and an extreme risk of death or serious bodily injury, and an extremely unsafe situation, are not the same line. WTOP says the trial earlier this year ended with a jury convicting him of unlawful possession of a firearm, and that jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict on the remaining murder and robbery-related charges, a mistrial. Murder and robbery-related charges, and homicide charges, and a murder trial, are not the same list. Unlawful possession of a firearm, in that trial sentence, drops the prior-conviction clause the court-order sentence includes. Emerson, a social studies teacher, was visiting D.C. with his family for the Fourth of July holiday and attending a professional development workshop for teachers at the Library of Congress. Social studies, the family, the Fourth of July, and the Library of Congress are on WTOP. They are not on WJLA or NBC4. He was found wounded in the 600 block of Alumni Lane shortly after 8 a.m. on July 5, 2023, and taken to a hospital, where he died. Shortly after 8 a.m., and around 7:30 a.m., and approximately 7:55 a.m., are not the same clock. The 600 block of Alumni Lane, and a bench, and a park, are not the same place. Following the arrest in July 2023, Steve Emerson told WTOP the family was grateful to police and the D.C. community, and that his son loved visiting Washington, D.C., and was there to improve his teaching skills. That is a 2023 interview. It is not Friday's hearing. The sentencing hearing is Jan. 15 at 2:15 p.m. before Judge Kravitz. That last line does not reprint 2027. WTOP does not print a 12-to-15-year range, January 4, Snapchat, or a safety on the gun.

The Washington Times, by Matt Delaney, prints Sunday, November 8, 2026, on the byline. The page's published time is 2026-11-08T11:48:53-05:00. Its modified time is 2026-11-08T11:58:45-0500. The visible date has no clock. The headline says a D.C. man pleads guilty to the 2023 killing of a Kentucky teacher on Catholic University's campus. The description and the lead say a D.C. man pleaded guilty Friday to gunning down a teacher on the campus in broad daylight more than three years ago. Gunning down, and broad daylight, are the Times. They are not on WJLA, NBC4, or WTOP. Broad daylight, and around 7:30 a.m., which the Times also prints, are not the same clock line. The Times says Jaime Macedo pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and admitted that he was robbing Maxwell Emerson at gunpoint in July 2023 when he shot him as the teacher tried to defend himself. Voluntary manslaughter, on the Times, does not print while armed. Shot him, and a handgun discharged, are not the same verb. It says Macedo told Judge Neal Kravitz that he knew Emerson, 25, of Kentucky, felt unsafe and feared him as their interaction outside the Brookland-Catholic University Metro station made its way onto the campus. Brookland-Catholic University, and Brookland-CUA, and Brookland, are not the same station line. Felt unsafe and feared him, and becoming increasingly afraid, and had become increasingly afraid of you, are not the same question. Of Kentucky, and of Crestwood, Kentucky, are not the same place. It says he admitted he was not acting in self-defense when he shot and killed Emerson during a struggle in a small plaza by Father O'Connell Hall. A small plaza, and a bench outside that hall, and a park, are not the same place. The Times says the plea appears to contradict some of his testimony in his May trial, which ended with a hung jury unable to agree on whether the shooting qualified as murder or manslaughter. Hung jury, and mistrial, are not the same word. Murder or manslaughter, and homicide charges, and murder and robbery-related charges, are not the same list. It says defense attorneys argued that the gun inside Macedo's pants discharged and killed Emerson when he tackled their client. Inside his pants, and discharged unintentionally, and wasn't a robbery, are not the same trial line. It says the jurors told WDVM-TV after the trial that the defense argument and surveillance footage from a distant camera with no audio raised too many doubts about his intent, and that the jury was 9-2 in favor of a murder conviction. That 9-2 split, and that camera, are the Times's account of what jurors told WDVM-TV. A WDVM page was not read for this write-up. The other pages that were read do not print a split. The Times says the jury did convict him of a weapons violation, and he was ordered held behind bars as prosecutors prepared to retry the case early next year, and the defense opted to accept a manslaughter plea rather than risk a murder conviction. A weapons violation, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a person with a prior conviction, are not the same charge line. Early next year, and January 4, which WJLA says has been canceled, are not the same date. Manslaughter plea, in that sentence, and voluntary manslaughter while armed, are not the same count. The Times quotes Steve Emerson, Maxwell's father, telling WRC-TV the same bittersweet lines NBC4 prints, including "I'm guilty for the death of your son." Maxwell's father, and the victim's father, and Max Emerson's father, are not the same name line. Told WRC-TV, and watched virtually, are not the same setting. NBC4 is the page that prints the virtual hearing, the slam dunk, and the request for the maximum. The Times does not print those three. Prosecutors said, the Times reports, that Macedo encountered Emerson, in town to celebrate Independence Day and attend a conference, at the Metro station around 7:30 a.m. on July 5, 2023. A conference, and a professional development workshop at the Library of Congress, are not the same appointment. Independence Day, and the Fourth of July holiday with his family, are not the same sentence. Surveillance footage showed the two walking along Michigan Avenue NE. An affidavit said Emerson raised his arms in a "don't shoot" manner at one point. At one point, and twice, are not the same count. Don't shoot, and hands in the air, are not the same phrase. Court testimony, the Times says, revealed Emerson sent the killer $300 and then messaged his mother that he was being robbed by a man with a gun. The killer, and Macedo, are not the same name on that line. No Cash App, no cash app, and no Snapchat are in that sentence. Prosecutors said Macedo appeared to try to snatch something from Emerson, causing the victim to spear-tackle him, and that is when Macedo fired once, killed Emerson, and ran away. Snatch, and reached toward him, are not the same motion. Spear-tackle, and lunged and tackled, are not the same verb. Fired once, and discharged, are not the same word. Ran away is the Times. It is not on the other pages that were read. The Times says investigators tied Macedo to the killing after finding his DNA on the inside of a ski mask at the scene, and that court records show judges had passed on several previous chances to jail Macedo, now 25, before the encounter. Now 25, and 25, of Northwest D.C., are not the same line. It says he served two years behind bars for a felony burglary, was set free on probation in May 2022, and repeatedly violated the terms of his probation. It says the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia said he tested positive for cocaine and failed to report for mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, and drug testing as required. It says he also pleaded guilty to threatening to shoot and kill a 7-Eleven clerk in Cleveland Park in March 2023, and that a D.C. Superior Court judge suspended Macedo's 120-day prison sentence and assigned him to a one-year probation. It says police found a cut-up electronic ankle monitor at Macedo's home in Northeast while investigating the connection to Emerson's killing. A home in Northeast, and of Northwest D.C., are not the same quadrant. The ski mask, the burglary, the probation violations, the 7-Eleven plea, and the ankle monitor are the Times. They are not on WJLA, NBC4, or WTOP. The Times does not print Jan. 15, 2:15 p.m., a 12-to-15-year range, or without bond on the Friday order.

WUSA9's page is a video. A direct request for it returned an access denial. A reader view returned the headline "Man accused of killing teacher on Catholic University's campus pleads guilty to manslaughter," the author line wusa9.com, and matching published and updated stamps of 11:21 p.m. EST on November 6, 2026. No narrative body was in that view. Accused, and pleads guilty, are on the same headline. Manslaughter, on that headline, and voluntary manslaughter while armed, are not the same count. The image on that view is a courthouse exterior. It was not saved. On the voluntary manslaughter while armed count, WJLA reports that Judge Kravitz accepted the plea on Friday and found Macedo guilty. The firearm count is the jury conviction WJLA and WTOP report from the May trial. The 12-to-15-year figure is a range in the agreement WJLA describes, and a "could receive" line on NBC4. It is not a sentence. Sentencing has not happened. Jan. 15, 2027, at 2:15 p.m., is the date WJLA and WTOP print for that hearing. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.