Family members of a shooting defendant and victim testified in trial before DC Superior Court Judge Carmen McLean on Sept. 18.
Larry Carr, 21, is charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with intent to kill while armed, aggravated assault knowingly while armed, five counts possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, possession of an unregistered firearms, and carrying pistol without a license outside home/business for allegedly shooting his cousin during a domestic argument. The incident occurred on Oct. 22, 2023 at the 100 block of Ridge Road, SE.
The victim, the defendant’s cousin, was shot in the face allegedly by Carr. According to the victim, he and Carr had problems after the victim indecently exposed himself over FaceTime to the defendant’s minor sister.
After the victim arrived at his sister’s house and was angry to see the defendant there, the situation escalated and the defendant allegedly pulled out a gun and shot the victim in the face.
On cross examination, defense counsel Teresa Kleiman, brought up an incident on a bus when the victim’s young cousin told him that a boy with special needs on a bus pulled a knife on her. As a result, the shooting victim beat the boy to the point where he needed many stitches.
Kleiman questioned discrepancies in the victim’s testimony, during which he said at trial that he previously had issues with Carr, but at the time of his testimony before the grand jury had said they had no prior issues.
On the prosecution’s redirect, the victim described his struggles with life after being shot. Specifically, how he stayed at the hospital for more than a month, was in a coma for two weeks, and cannot play basketball with his nephew anymore.
Prosecutors also called on the victim’s niece and Carr’s cousin, who described that she held Carr back while he was allegedly pointing a gun in the victim’s face. According to the witness, she rushed to call 911 after her uncle was shot.
During cross examination, the witness agreed that she was focused on the gun and did not see anything that the victim was doing.
One of the victim’s nephews and the defendant’s cousin, described how there was “no relationship” between the victim and the defendant after the victim indecently exposed himself to the defendant’s sister. Additionally, the nephew testified the victim, his uncle, was “like a father” because the victim was around when his father was not.
On cross examination, Kleiman brought up a specific statement about the victim’s general demeanor. Kleiman asked about the victim’s anger issues, specifically when the nephew testified during the grand jury about “he[the victim] gets to a certain point, he[the victim] just can’t calm down”. The prosecution quickly objected and the defense did not bring up this point again.
The parties are slated to reconvene on Sept. 22.
