Witnesses Testify to Non-Fatal Injuries Received in Alleged Gang Shooting

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As a six co-defendant murder trial continued, witnesses testified on April 5 to other injuries tied to a fatal drive-by shooting.

Gregory Taylor, 26, Quentin Michals, 25, Qujuan Thomas, 24, Darrise Jeffers, 23, Isaiah Murchison, 22, and Marquell Cobbs, 21, are six of 10 defendants charged with first-degree murder, criminal street gang affiliation, conspiracy, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, assault with intent to kill, and other charges regarding a drive-by shooting that killed 10-year-old Makiyah Wilsonon the 300 block of 53rd Street NE on July 16, 2018.

One expert witness, a surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Center who told police on July 17, 2018, that a victim arrived with gunshot wounds and a facial fracture. According to court documents, the victim was injured in the shooting that killed Makiyah.

The victim underwent multiple surgeries over several months due to his injuries.

Another witness testified he did not see the shooting but was in the Clay Terrace neighborhood at the time and heard gunshots at the time Makiyah was murdered. Once the gunfire subsided, he went to check the scene and found someone injured.

The witness then drove the injured man to Prince George’s Hospital. The man had gunshot wounds to his left leg and left arm.

A woman who lives in Clay Terrace also testified that multiple shootings had occurred since her moving there 10-years- ago. A stray bullet from the shooting in Makiyah’s case hit her screen door and shattered the glass before lodging itself into her door.

The bullet is still in her door today.

The trial is slated to end in May or early June and is scheduled to resume April 6.

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