Judge Sets Two Trial Dates to Accomodate 10 Murder Suspects

By D.C. Witness Staff - June 21, 2019
Court | Daily Stories | Homicides | Suspects |

During a status hearing on June 20, a DC Superior Court Judge divided 10 co-defendants for a murder case into two groups. Each group was given their own trial date.

Quentin Michals, Qujuan Thomas, Quincy Garvin, Gregory Taylor, Mark Tee Price, Marquell Cobbs, Darrise Jeffers, Antonio Murchison, Isaiah Murchison, and Saquan Williams are all charged with first-degree murder, plus additional charges, for allegedly shooting 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson. The shooting occurred on July 16, 2018, on the 300 block of 53rd Street, NE. According to court documents, the shooting was spurred over a neighborhood rivalry.

The prosecution suggested the ten suspects be divided into two different groups: Garvin, 19, Williams, 17, Thomas, 20, Michaels, 21, Taylor, 23, and Price, 24, were placed in one group. Jeffers, 19, Cobbs, 17, Antonio Murchison, 26, and Isaiah Murchison, 19 were placed in another group.

The first group was given the original Aug. 5 trial date and the second group was scheduled for trial on Jan. 5, 2021.

According to a press release, during the evening hours, four masked males exited a black vehicle and began shooting. Makiyah was playing in the area near Marvin Gaye Park and KIPP DC Quest Academy Public Charter School. She and several other adults were shot.

According to court documents, Metropolitan Police Department officers found Makiyah unconscious and not breathing, suffering from a gunshot wound to the body. She was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Makiyah was the only fatality in the shooting.

All ten suspects are scheduled for a status hearing on Nov. 1.