Four D.C. men sentenced to decades in prison in 2018 fatal shooting of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson who police say was struck by a stray bullet in random shooting.
Four D.C. men were sentenced Friday to prison sentences ranging from 35 to 65 years for the 2018 shooting of 10-year-old Makiyah Wilson, who was hit by a stray bullet in the courtyard of a Northeast Washington apartment building.
At a trial during the summer, federal prosecutors in D.C. Superior Court argued that the four men were members of a neighborhood gang from the Wellington Park area of Southeast. They stole a car and assembled an arsenal of weapons as part of a plot to target people associated with the Clay Terrace neighborhood, prosecutors said.
Judge Robert Okun gave the toughest sentences to two men who prosecutors argued were among the shooters who jumped out of the car and opened fire. Okun said he was sentencing Gregory Taylor, 27, outside of the recommended guidelines, and imposed a 65-year term. Prosecutors say Taylor was one of the shooters and bankrolled the purchase of the firearms that were used. Bach said Taylor considered “everyone in Clay Terrace his enemy. Men, women and children.” Makiyah’s family burst into applause when the judge issued Taylor’s sentence.
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