On April 18, the prosecution rested its rebuttal case against a defendant accused of killing a teenager and a 23-year-old man in Northeast DC.
Terik McLeod is charged with two counts of first-degree murder while armed for his alleged role in the deaths of 17-year-old Devaun Drayton and Carlton Fisher in 2004 and 2006, respectively.
The prosecution’s final witness was the mother of the person who
witnessed Drayton’s murder. The mother said her son didn’t want to tell the police who killed Drayton because he didn’t want to be labeled a “snitch.”
However, a prosecutor pointed out that the mother told a grand jury in 2004 that her son gave police a name, but she “wasn’t sure if it was Tyrell or Terik.”
In response, the mother said she did not remember that part of her grand jury testimony.
D.C. Witness previously reported that the mother’s son confessed to shooting Drayton and said he lied to his mother and the police. According to the prosecution, the witness has immunity protection and can’t be prosecuted for any of the information contained in his testimony.
Closing arguments are scheduled to begin on April 22.
