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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- July 26, 2019
Court
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Daily Stories
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Homicides
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Suspects
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After a murder defendant’s first trial ended with a mistrial, a jury convicted him in the second.
Devaun Drayton
A jury found Terik McLeod guilty of second-degree murder while armed for shooting Devaun Drayton, 17, on the 700 block of 26th Street, NE in 2004. McLeod, 33, was also
Carlton Fisher
found guilty of first-degree murder while armed with aggrivating circumstances for shooting Carlton Fisher, 23, on the 1100 block of 21st Street, NE in 2006.
The trial, which began arguments on July 8, lasted for more than two weeks. It took the jury two days to reach a guilty verdict.
McLeod is scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 25.