Judge Sentences Bus Hijacker to 21.5 Years in Prison

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On Nov. 30, a DC Superior Court judge sentenced a murder defendant to 21.5 years in prison for a vehicular homicide.

Keith Loving, 33, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and carjacking in April for striking and killing Anthony Payne, 40, on the 3800 Block of Jay Street, NE.

According to court documents, Loving boarded a Metrobus, yelled at the operator and lunged towards him with a pair of needle nosed pliers. The passengers and the bus driver were able to exit the bus. 

Loving, who was apparently under the influence of K-2, a synthetic drug, and PCP, a hallucinatory drug, drove the bus “in an erratic manner,” sticking another bus that was transporting senior citizens. Loving continued onto the lot of a gas station on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue. In an effort to leave the lot, Loving struck Payne, pinning him under the left side of the bus, the documents said.

“I just wanted to say sorry to the family and everyone that was involved in the incident,” Loving said.

After completing his term in prison, Loving is required to serve five additional years on supervised released.