Two men opened fire inside Wrenn’s Barber Shop in Southeast Washington on February 12, 2016, unleashing eight rounds in a hail of gunfire that left a father shot three times and his 21-month-old child grazed by a bullet. The attackers, masked and moving fast, stormed through the front doors of the busy shop in the 1000 block of Eighth Street SE at 1:40 p.m., sprayed the room, then fled to a waiting white SUV just around the corner. Terrance Atchison, 22, and Barry Bloomfield, 29, both of Washington, D.C., were convicted of the attack after a multi-week trial.
A jury found Atchison and Bloomfield guilty on March 8, 2018, on charges including aggravated assault while armed, assault with significant bodily injury while armed (of a minor), and assault with a dangerous weapon. The verdict, delivered in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, marks a grim end to a case that exposed the brazen violence that can erupt in neighborhood spaces once considered safe. The men face sentencing on May 18, 2018, before the Honorable Judge Danya A. Dayson.
Video surveillance was pivotal in the investigation. Footage showed Atchison and Bloomfield entering a white Toyota RAV4 approximately 20 minutes before the shooting and driving it directly to the scene. At the time, both men were on post-conviction supervision and wearing GPS monitors. The tracking data confirmed their presence directly in front of the barber shop at the exact moment of the attack, and mirrored the vehicle’s route to and from the crime scene—leaving no doubt about their movements.
Atchison was apprehended on February 17, 2016, five days after the shooting. Bloomfield was arrested the following day. Both have remained in custody since. No motive was publicly disclosed, but prosecutors presented overwhelming physical and digital evidence linking the pair to the crime. Witnesses described chaos inside the shop—patrons diving for cover, blood on the floor, and the screams of a child caught in the crossfire.
U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu and Metropolitan Police Department Chief Peter Newsham announced the verdicts and praised the investigative work that led to the convictions. Investigators from MPD were instrumental, alongside personnel from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lisa N. Walters and Thomas Saunders, who investigated the case. Paralegal Specialist Antoinette Sakamsa, Information Technology Specialist Leif Hickling, and Criminal Investigators Nelson Rhone and Melissa Matthews also contributed critical support.
The prosecution was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brittany Keil and Melissa Jackson, who laid out a relentless case built on GPS data, surveillance video, and eyewitness accounts. The courtroom remained silent as the verdicts were read. The father, still recovering from injuries that shattered his ankle, was present with family. No one in the shop that day could forget the sound of gunfire cutting through the hum of clippers and conversation—a moment now sealed in the record, with Atchison and Bloomfield held accountable.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Agency: DOJ USAO
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: Official Source ↗
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