Defendant’s Ex-Girlfriend Testifies in Homicide Trial of Ten-Year-Old Victim

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A homicide defendant’s ex-girlfriend finalized her testimony against him in front of DC Superior Court Judge Robert Okun on July 30.

Antonio Murchison, 31, and his co-defendant Mark Price, 29, are charged with first-degree murder while armed, five counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, aggravated assault knowingly while armed, seven counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, conspiracy, and seven counts of criminal gang affiliation.

The charges stem from their alleged involvement in a mass shooting on July 16, 2018, on the 5300 block of 53rd Street, NE in the Clay Terrace neighborhood. The highly publicized crime left ten-year-old Makiyah Wilson dead and four other individuals with gunshot wounds.

Price is also charged with first-degree murder while armed, two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed, threat to injure or kidnap a person, four counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, unlawful possession of a firearm by a convict and first-degree burglary while armed. These charges are connected to the fatal shooting of 47-year-old Andre Hakim Young on July 30, 2018, on the 1500 block of 19th Street, NE.

The third co-defendant, Quanisha Ramsuer, 31, is charged with obstruction of justice in connection to the homicide.

Six other defendants were convicted in 2023 of charges from the incident, including:

Marquell Cobbs, 22 – sentenced to serve six years in prison
Quentin Michals, 27 – sentenced to serve 40 years in prison
Gregory Taylor, 28 – sentenced to serve 65 years in prison
Qujuan Thomas, 25– sentenced to 68 years in prison
Darrise Jeffers, 24 – sentenced to serve 35 years in prison
Isaiah Murchison, 24 – sentenced to serve 60 years in prison

Judge Okun previously issued a warrant to the witness, who began her testimony on July 23, but refused to return following a medical emergency. The witness previously testified that she and Murchison were engaged at the end of 2018, before his arrest in 2019.

During this hearing, the witness was shown a video of a group of men dancing and singing along to the lyrics, “We the reason why the murder rate high … we just want a homicide.”

She identified her son in the video, who was around two years old at the time, sitting on the shoulder of her ex-boyfriend “Tony” — whom she later identified as Murchison.

The prosecution called their second witness of the day, an investigator with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), to testify about Instagram direct messages and video evidence police say were among Murchinson and Price and other co-conspirators. The video evidence and direct messages were discussions about the Wellington Park neighborhood and methods for obtaining firearms.

Finally, the prosecution called on a doctor from the D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), to discuss Wilson’s autopsy report. According to the witness, the manner of death was a homicide and the cause of death was a gunshot to the back.

Parties will reconvene on July 31.