Witness Testimony Points to Murder Defendant as Shooter in 2nd Murder

By D.C. Witness Staff - July 10, 2019
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During a murder trial July 10, a witness testimony pointed toward a murder defendant as the shooter in a 2006 homicide. 

Terik McLeod, 33, is charged with first-degree murder while armed with aggrivating

Carlton Fisher

circumstances for allegedly shooting Carlton Fisher and with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting Devaun Drayton. The shooting of Fisher, 23, occurred on October 1, 2006, on the 1100 block of 21st Street, NE. The shooting of Drayton, 17, occurred on the 700 block of 26th Street, NE on March 10, 2004. McLeod’s first trial resulted in a hung jury.

Devaun Drayton

One witness said she heard McLeod tell another individual, “snitches get stitches,” in reference to Fisher cooperating with authorities about Drayton’s death. 

The witness said gunshots woke her. She said she saw Fisher lying face down in a pool of blood. By that time, she said police had already arrived. 

The witness then went upstairs to Fisher’s apartment to tell his mother he had been killed.

The witness also recounted events from earlier that evening. According to the witness, there was a block party on 21st Street, where Fisher and McLeod both lived. Many people from the neighborhood were outside.

While the witness said she did not remember everyone she saw at the block party, she said she does remember seeing McLeod more than once throughout the evening. 

The trial is scheduled to continue on July 11.