A shooting suspect was sentenced on March 9 to 51 months for firing at two women and multiple children. “Had the government asked for more, I would have sentenced him to more,” said DC Superior Court Judge Judith Pipe
Daryle Driver, 51, pleaded guilty in December 2025 to assault with a dangerous weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm with a prior conviction in connection to a shooting on the 100 block of Wilmington Place, SE on July 26, 2025. Driver was also charged with possession and attempt to distribute illicit drugs in a separate case.
In sum, Driver was sentenced 51 months for assault with a dangerous weapon and 23 months in prison for the unlawful possession of a firearm charge. These sentences for each charge will run concurrently. Driver was also sentenced to 14 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for possession and attempt to distribute illicit drugs in a separate case. The sentences for the two cases will run consecutively.
At sentencing, the prosecution read a letter from one of the victims, a friend of the mother of Driver’s baby who was also a mother herself. According to the letter, Driver, also known as “TuTu,” had come to the victim’s residence and began yelling about drugs and money.
“He was looking for her,” the victim said in the letter. The mother of Driver’s baby had come to the victim’s house to get away from the defendant.
The victim said she then went outside to talk to Driver.
When her adult son came out as well, she said Driver’s demeanor changed. “He automatically pulled his weapon out and shot,” she said.
The prosecution claimed that Driver shot three times at the mother and son, breaking through glass and causing injuries to both victims. The two victims then ran inside, with the mother’s juvenile children, and hid in the house.
The juvenile children, the prosecution said, hid in the kitchen with the lights off so Driver could not find them.
He drove around the house then shot 10 more times. One of those shots flew through the kitchen window, the prosecutor said.
“We do not feel safe coming to court or going home,” the victim said in her letter.
The prosecution played recorded phone calls from the jail between Driver and his son. The calls depicted Driver’s son talking about paying off his own mother, the victims, and a witness to not come to court.
“I’m doing everything you asked,” the son said to Driver over the phone.
Driver’s defense attorney, Kevin Kassees, asked that the court take into consideration that Driver and his baby’s mother had a turbulent history. The defense said Driver’s baby’s mother did not care for their kids and would frequently ask him for money and drugs.
“I think he has a lot of rehabilitation potential. He did accept responsibility,” Kassees said.
Judge Pipe gave Driver the opportunity to speak, but he declined.
Judge Pipe called Driver’s actions “extremely dangerous, thoughtless, and callous.” She said she believed he lacked remorse and said his demeanor toward the incident was that it was simply “the price of business.”
No further dates were set.
