Camilla Jessen
Six people were sentenced for roles in 2021 shooting.
Three men convicted in a 2021 triple murder during a Labor Day weekend shooting in Washington, D.C., have each been sentenced to more than a century in prison, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
This was reported by the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The sentences
Erwin Dubose (123 years), Kamar Queen (120 years), and William Johnson Lee (105 years) were sentenced for conspiracy, murder, and assault charges related to a drive-up ambush that left three people dead and three more wounded.
All were convicted earlier this year after a jury found them guilty of opening fire on a neighborhood gathering.
The Labor Day mass shooting
The September 4, 2021, attack happened around 7:30 p.m. at 633 Longfellow Street NW, where the three men were dropped off by co-defendant Damonta Thompson, who was sentenced to 35 years in prison for driving the shooters to and from the scene.
According to trial evidence, the shooters crept to the corner of Longfellow and 7th Streets before indiscriminately opening fire into the crowd.
Donetta Dyson (31), Keenan Braxton (24), and Johnny Joyner (37) were killed, and three others were injured.
Two other defendants were also sentenced.
Mussay Rezene received three years for helping destroy evidence and acting as an accessory after the fact to murder.
Toyia Johnson, who had rented the car used in the shooting and falsely reported it stolen, received 24 months (suspended) for tampering with evidence and being an accessory after the fact.
“A ruthless attack on innocent lives”
Prosecutors said the attack was in retaliation for a shooting that occurred just an hour earlier in Northeast D.C. The shooters later burned the vehicle to cover their tracks.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro called the crime “a ruthless attack on innocent lives,” and praised the work of MPD and federal prosecutors.
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