Victim Was Targeted for ‘Snitching,’ Witness Says

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 17, 2019
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A witness said a man was targeted twice because he was allegedly cooperating with police. 

Devaun Drayton

Terik McLeod, 33, is charged with first-degree murder while armed with aggrivating circumstances for allegedly shooting Carlton Fisher on Oct. 1, 2006, on the 1100 block of 21st Street, NE. McLeod is also charged with first-degree murder for shooting Devaun Drayton, 17, on the 700 block of 26th Street, NE on March 10, 2004. McLeod’s first trial resulted in a hung jury.

The witness said that, in 2004, the defendant approached her when she went to get cooking supplies from his house. According to the witness, McLeod asked her if she was still with Fisher, 23, since he snitched on him.

Carlton Fisher

The witness said she called Fisher while he was incarcerated in 2004 and he denied snitching on McLeod. 

Several people told the police that when Fisher died, there was a rumor was that he was killed because he was cooperating with police.

In 2006, a few months before Fisher was killed, the witness said she went to visit him in jai. She said she noticed a scratch on Fisher’s face when she visited him. 

According to the witness, Fisher said he was involved in a fight after someone accused him of being a snitch because he was getting out of jail early. Fisher was released a week later.

According to court documents, McLeod told Fisher he killed Drayton over a stolen gun.

The trial is scheduled to continue on July 17.