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By
Bersabel Ephrem [former]
- June 29, 2022
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During a June 29 hearing, a homicide defendant pleaded guilty to a fatal shooting.
Lavelle Watts, 28, is charged with one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed for the death of 28-year-old Kalin Middleton.
On Sept. 3, 2019, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department were sent to Prince George’s Hospital Center after receiving reports of two victims who were shot and transported to the hospital. One of the victims, Middleton, later died from his wounds and was pronounced dead. Almost a year later, in December 2021, Watts was arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed.
The offense of voluntary manslaughter while armed carries a potential maximum penalty of 30 years in prison.
DC Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan scheduled Watts to be sentenced on Sept. 30.