Non-Fatal Shooting Charges Dropped for Defendant in Many Violent Crimes

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On Aug. 23, DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun sentenced a non-fatal shooting defendant to eight years incarceration for his involvement in various crimes.

Andre Gregory, 32, was charged with assault with intent to kill while armed, aggravated assault knowingly while armed, five counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, two counts of robbery while armed, armed carjacking, and attempted tampering with physical evidence for his alleged involvement in various incidents in 2019.

According to Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) documents, on March 4, 2019, Gregory and another man carjacked an individual at gunpoint as he was arriving at his home. Prosecutors say Gregory and his companion ran up on the victim, forced him out of his vehicle, searched him, robbed him of his belongings, and stole his car.

In another incident, on March 26, 2019, officers responded to the 4700 block of South Capitol Street, SE, for the report of a shooting at the Shell Gas Station. When they arrived, they located an adult male shooting victim suffering from close range gunshot wounds to his back and stomach.

Surveillance footage shows an individual, who was later identified as Gregory, exit a vehicle at the gas station, approach a group of individuals by the entrance, shoot twice, and get back into the waiting vehicle that sped away from the scene.

According to prosecutors, Gregory was then charged in Prince George’s County, MD, with armed robbery.

Gregory was arrested in DC on May 10, 2019.

In 2022, Gregory was charged with bribery and drug trafficking in the DC Jail. He is awaiting sentencing for that case through the District Court.

On April 13, Gregory accepted a plea offer that had him plead guilty to one count of unarmed carjacking and one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence in exchange for the dismissal of all other indictment charges.

During the sentencing, Gregory told the court he is sorry for his actions, stating he’s done a lot of thinking while he’s been incarcerated and has been working on becoming a better person.

“When I think about my poor choices, I think about how I would feel if I was in [the victims’] place,” he said.

“This is not a life I want to continue, nor is it the example I want to give to my kids,” he insisted.

“It kills me knowing that I have become damaging to not only my life but others as well,” he told Judge Okun.

Judge Okun sentenced Gregory to 96 months for the unarmed carjacking with a mandatory minimum of 84 months, and 24 months for the possession of a firearm with a mandatory minimum of 12 months. The sentences are to run concurrently, meaning he will serve 96 months at most.

Judge Okun will send a recommendation to the Bureau of Prisons (BoP) to have Gregory placed in a facility that has the Challenge Program, a cognitive behavioral residential program, and the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RADP) to allow Gregory to receive treatment he needs and wants.

Once released, Gregory is expected to register as a gun offender, pay a total of $200 to the Crime Victim Fund, and must receive vocational training or hold a job, receive mental health assessments and treatment as needed.

Judge Okun ordered the sentence for this case run consecutively with the sentence from District Court.

“I hope for your sake, your children’s sake, and the community’s sake, that you’re ready to change,” said Judge Okun.