Stabbing Leaves Man for Dead in Southeast Washington

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Man Found Guilty of Stabbing in Southeast Washington

Washington D.C. – A jury has delivered a guilty verdict in the case of a stabbing that left a man for dead in Southeast Washington in 2016.

Onzay Gibbs, 28, was found guilty of assault with intent to kill while armed and aggravated assault while armed on May 22, 2018, after a trial in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

Gibbs is set to be sentenced on August 10, 2018, by the Honorable Ronna L. Beck.

According to the government’s evidence, Gibbs and the victim knew each other from the neighborhood. At approximately 8:45 p.m. on September 15, 2016, Gibbs and the victim were walking from a dice game in the 2000 block of Savannah Terrace SE towards the corner store when Gibbs stopped to talk with someone inside a car on 22nd Street SE. The victim was then forced inside the car.

The victim next recalled being around the corner in the 3300 block of 23rd Street SE, where Gibbs repeatedly slashed the victim with a sharp object while saying “shut the f*** up.” The victim was left for dead in bushes in the area, where he was found by someone who called 911.

The victim was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, where he was treated for 16 stab wounds to his face, neck, and body. He was cut three-fourths of the way around his neck. Text messages recovered from Gibbs’s cell phone showed his awareness of the victim’s condition and his efforts to avoid being identified and arrested following the incident.

Gibbs was arrested by the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force on October 26, 2016, and has been in custody ever since.

U.S. Attorney Jessie K. Liu commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and the FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team (CAST). She also acknowledged the efforts of those who worked on the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Assistant U.S. Attorneys C.B. Buente and Kevin L. Rosenberg, Criminal Investigator John Marsh, Paralegal Specialists Tiffany Fogle and Antoinette Sakamsa, and Victim/Witness Advocate Jennifer Allen.

U.S. Attorney Liu also commended the work of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brittany Keil and Natasha Smalky, who prosecuted the case.