D.C. Police Detective Found Hanged

A D.C. Police detective has taken his own life after being told he would have to go before the grand jury.

Terrance Green had lost his police powers and had just received a subpoena when he was found hanged in his parents Capitol Heights home.

Law Enforcement sources say investigators were questioning Det. Green about a relationship he had with Shanika Robinson, a woman accused in a brutal murder.

In the days after Shanika Robinson was charged with murdering the owner of the Pizza Mart in Northeast Washington, law enforcement sources say she began telling police about a friend on the force-- a man she said she had a relationship with.

As detectives began questioning Detective Terrance Green, they took away his police powers and gave him a subpoena to go before the grand jury.

Shanika Robinson is accused of entering the Pizza Mart late at night last month where she got into an argument with Shahabuddin Rana over money. According to the court affidavit, the Pizza Mart owner had been paying Robinson $500 a week to marry his brother. Police say it was a scheme to secure his brother a green card so he could stay in the U.S.

But Rana became angry when he learned Robinson was seeing other men and stopped making the payments. Furious with Rana, police say Robinson went back to the store to settle the score. She told police she wasn’t alone. Two to three men went there with her.

As police prepared to bring Det. Green before the grand jury, he apparently took his own life.

"There's an allegation that was being investigated,” said D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier. “Certainly I'm not going to comment on an ongoing investigation and an allegation that has not kind of been investigated all the way thoroughly, so it’s a little premature for me to make any comments on it."

Chief Lanier said she didn’t know Green, but heard he had a solid reputation.

"I talked to several of his co-workers at the hospital last night-- several of the hardest working officers and detectives that worked with him," said Chief Lanier. "Even command officials saying very dedicated, very hard working, had a great reputation, very likeable guy."

The investigation into the murder is on going. Robinson is still the only person charged in the case.

Law enforcement sources say Det. Green was dealing with some personal problems when police began asking him about Robinson. He was married to an officer assigned to the third district.
He also had a young son.