Demetris Kewan Mackie, Armed Career Criminal, Florida 2023

Miami Man Sentenced to 30 Years for Armed Career Crime

MIAMI – On January 25, Demetris Kewan Mackie, 29, of Miami, Florida, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition as an armed career criminal.

The sentence comes after a jury convicted Mackie in October 2023.

As shown at trial and sentencing, this case involved an eight-day span where Mackie possessed and used the same gun to shoot at two victims, injuring one. On April 12, 2023, Mackie pistol-whipped and shot a male victim outside a laundromat in Miami.

Miami-Dade Police officers responded to the scene, finding a blood trail on the ground that led them to where the victim had collapsed. The next morning, the victim advised officers that a male with a silver-topped gun and a teardrop-shaped tattoo next to his right eye had pistol-whipped him before shooting at him the day before.

Surveillance footage verified the victim’s story. Three days later, North Miami Beach Police officers responded to another shooting, where the victim was unharmed and able to identify Mackie as the attacker.

On April 20, 2023, Miami-Dade Police officers arrested Mackie, who was carrying a silver-topped gun whose test-fired casings matched the casings from both shootings.

U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida and Special Agent in Charge Christopher A. Robinson of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Miami Field Division announced the sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Rodolfo A. Ruiz II.

ATF Miami Field Office investigated the case with assistance from Miami-Dade Police and North Miami Beach Police. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Zachary A. Keller and Vanessa Bonhomme prosecuted the case.

Related court documents and information can be found on the website of the District Court for the Southern District of Florida at www.flsd.uscourts.gov or at http://pacer.flsd.uscourts.gov, under case number 23-cr-20204.

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