Murder Defendants Plead Guilty to 2016 Homicide

By D.C. Witness Staff - October 18, 2018
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During a preliminary hearing Oct. 17, two murder defendants pleaded guilty to shooting a man in the Northwest quadrant of the District of Columbia in 2016.

Barry Giles and Marco Williams pleaded guilty to shooting 37-year-old Timothy Lassiter on the 3100 block of Berry Road, NE. Giles, 22, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and carrying a pistol without a license. Williams, 25, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter while armed. The co-defendants were initially charged with felony murder, second-degree murder and assault with the intent to kill while armed.

According to court documents, on Oct. 5, 2016, a witness saw Williams shoot the decedent. The witness said Giles went through the decedent’s pockets after the shooting.

Another witness told police that Giles bragged about what he recovered from the victim’s pockets and his involvement in the shooting, according to the documents.

Giles could be sentenced to eight and a half years in prison if DC Superior Court Judge Judith Bartnoff accepts the plea. Williams could be sentenced to 15-and-a-half years.

Giles and Williams are scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 18.