During a hearing May 8, a murder defendant entered a plea agreement and accepted responsibility for the death of a 32-year-old man.
Saeed Woodall pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder while armed for the shooting death of Deonta Farrar on the 4500 block of Quarles Street, NE in 2016.
Per the terms of the plea agreement, the prosecution agreed to downgrade Woodall’s first-degree murder charge to second-degree murder while armed. The prosecutor also agreed to dismiss Woodall’s two gun-related offenses.
Woodall, 25, is scheduled to be sentenced on July 12, three days before he was slated to go to trial.
D.C. Witness previously reported that the prosecution offered the plea deal on Jan. 11.
According to the prosecution, Woodall’s sister had a child with Farrar. Apparently, the sister was a victim of domestic abuse. The prosecution said Woodall confronted Farrar and shot him multiple times at close range. Upon entering the plea agreement, Woodall confessed to shooting Farrar with an intent to kill or seriously injure him.
