WASHINGTON, DC – In a shocking turn of events, three men were sentenced to prison terms for their roles in the fatal shooting of 11-year-old Davon McNeal on July 4, 2020, in Southeast Washington.
According to court records, Carlo General, 21, Marcel Gordon, 27, and Christen Wingfield, 24, all from Washington, D.C., pleaded guilty in February 2022 to voluntary manslaughter while armed. The men were sentenced by the Honorable Rainey R. Brandt after their pleas and agreed-upon sentences were accepted.
General was sentenced to 16 years in prison, Gordon to 10 years, and Wingfield to 9 1/2 years. Following their prison terms, they will be placed on five years of supervised release.
The sentences are consistent with the Court’s voluntary sentencing guidelines.
In a disturbing series of events, the defendants were congregating at a barbeque near the cul-de-sac in front of an apartment building located in the 1400 block of Cedar Street SE. Davon McNeal, 11, was exiting a vehicle and walking towards a basement apartment in the Frederick Douglass Garden Apartment Complex. General, armed with a firearm with a laser sight, started running towards the entrance of the 1400 block of Cedar Street and fired his weapon towards the alley.
The shooting was captured on surveillance footage, which shows Davon running towards the basement apartment and falling after General fired his weapon. Approximately six seconds later, Gordon, while running behind General, fired his weapon in the same direction. Bond, also armed with a firearm, ran towards the entrance of the 1400 block on a sidewalk on the side of the apartment building, along with Wingfield, who was armed with a firearm as well and running on the road.
All four defendants gathered in front of the apartment building and looked down the alley. The group subsequently ran in the direction of a playground with guns drawn. Bond, General and Gordon all fired their firearms as they were running away.
General was arrested on July 30, 2020, Bond on July 10, 2020, Wingfield on July 11, 2020, and Gordon on September 1, 2020. All have been in custody since their arrests.
In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department Robert J. Contee III commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Criminal Investigations Division Homicide Branch of the Metropolitan Police Department. They also acknowledged the efforts of those who worked on the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Paralegal Specialist Lashone Samuels, former Victim/ Witness Specialist Marcia Rinker, Victim/ Witness Specialist Latrice Washington-Williams, and Investigative Analyst Zachary McMenamin.
Finally, they commended the efforts of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Shehzad Akhtar, Stephen Rickard, and Jack Korba, who investigated and prosecuted the case, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Maryam Adeyola, who provided valuable assistance.
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Key Facts
- State: Washington DC
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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