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By
Phoebe McConnell [former]
- October 29, 2024
Daily Stories
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Homicides
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Shooting
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Victims
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A convicted murderer is awaiting sentencing after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter during August trial before DC Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein.
Jason Lewis, 42, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, three counts of possession of firearm during crime of violence, and two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon for his involvement in the shooting of 13-year-old Karon Blake on the 1000 Block of Quincy Street, NE on Jan 7, 2023.
The jury convicted Lewis of all the weapons charges. He was found guilty of the lesser offense of voluntary manslaughter instead of second-degree murder while armed.
Throughout the trial, Edward Ungvarsky, Lewis’ attorney, argued that Lewis was merely defending his family from a threat, and that hetried saving Blake by giving him CPR. Ungvarsky said Lewis did not intend to kill the boy.
The prosecution argued that Blake’s actions of breaking into a car did not justify a shooting, especially because of the fact that Blake was just a kid.
Lewis’s sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 22.