Case Acquitted: Witness Testifies to Victim and Defendant’s Close Relationship in Murder Trial

By Isabella Quink [former] - March 8, 2023
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Sutton was acquitted of murder and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence on March 23, 2023.

On day four of a murder trial, a witness testified to a close-relationship between the defendant and the victim, information that had not been presented to the jury to date.

Kaevon Sutton, 21, is charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of Aujee Tyler, 22. Tyler was shot multiple times on the 3500 block of Stanton Road, SE on March 19, 2018. Despite all life-saving efforts, he passed away at Washington Hospital Center later that day.

On March 7, the witness said he was best friends with Tyler and worked with him in their own unofficial mentoring program for young boys in their neighborhood. He told the court that Tyler mentored the defendant who was also known as Baby Ahk. e made sure that he always had food to eat and a place to stay, the witness said.  

The witness saidTyler and Baby Ahk were better friends than he and the victim were, “you wouldn’t see Ahk and not see ‘Quick’.”

‘Quick’ was the nickname given to Tyler by the boxing community. “He was the best there was,” said the witness.

Another witness testified that Sutton stayed in North Carolina with the witness’s family in April of 2018 and then lived with the witness for a time before they both moved to Ohio.

That witness also testified that some time later they had discovered some information about Baby Ahk’s affiliation with this case and called the Metropolitan Police Department tip line about Sutton’s whereabouts. 

The trial is scheduled to resume March 8.