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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- April 5, 2018
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Gregory Lee‘s friend testified April 4 that he lied to the Metropolitan Police Department when he said he only heard gunshots on the night of the homicide.
Instead, the friend told the jury he was hanging out with Lee, 28, while he was conducting a drug run, but the two men were confronted in a neighborhood alley by Joseph Minor, who was 24 at the time, and Maurice Blakey, who was 23 at the time. He said Blakey shot at him but missed. The friend allegedly fled the scene.
The friend said he didn’t call 911 despite seeing Minor shoot Lee. He said he was nervous and didn’t want to be a “snitch.” The friend also said he was smoking marijuana and drinking tequila before the altercation.
Blakey is currently serving an unrelated 22-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for the homicide of Timothy Spicer in 2007. Blakey’s charges for Lee’s homicide were dismissed as part of a plea deal.
Lee was pronounced dead on the 1200 block of Stevens Road, SE on Dec. 24, 2014.
The trial is expected to continue on April 5.