Jury finds Dominique Williams guilty of second-degree murder

By D.C. Witness Staff - March 14, 2018
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Dominique Williams was found guilty of second-degree murder while armed and other related charges March 13 for shooting Marcellus Green on the 3200 block of 28th Street, SE on Sept. 19, 2015.

A co-defendant, Maricco Knight, 22, was also found guilty to accessory after the fact and obstruction of justice for his role in assisting Williams, 24, while Williams was evading law enforcement prior to his arrest. Both men are scheduled to be sentenced on May 11.

Williams allegedly wanted to make a statement to the person who threatened him, and Pugh wanted seek revenge for his girlfriend, whose tires were slashed on the 3200 block of 28th Street, SE, when they shot and killed Green during a drive-by shooting. Green, 39, was not the intended target.

Williams was initially charged with first-degree murder. Steven Pugh, the third party involved with the homicide, pled guilty to second-degree murder in 2016. He has not been sentenced.

On the night of Sept. 18, 2015, Pugh, 22, told the jury that he picked Williams and Knight up from the Minnesota Avenue metro station and bought a bottle of Patron Tequila from a nearby liquor store.

Pugh said he drove by his girlfriend’s old apartment and saw two men he recognized from the neighborhood, apparently the old men were not the subjects that Williams’ or Pugh had wanted to confront. Push said he tried to stop Williams from shooting.

According to Pugh, he and the two others drove off after the shooting, and a car chase with the police ensued through D.C. and Maryland. He said he intended on driving to his mother’s house in Southwest D.C., but couldn’t shake the police. He instructed Williams to throw the gun out of the vehicle before a police car crashed into his girlfriend’s Honda Accord.

Williams was the only one in the car to avoid getting arrested on the night of the homicide.

While Williams was on the run, Knight housed him at the apartment he shared with his girlfriend on the 4000 block of Minnesota Avenue, NE in 2016. Knight also lied to the police about seeing Williams.