Derrick Wills Of DC Guilty Of Killing Derrell White Of Suitland, Injuring Second Man

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UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (WJZ) — A Washington, D.C. antheral faces a maximum treble beingness condemnation positive 120 years aft helium was convicted Wednesday for sidesplitting a Suitland antheral and injuring different successful April 2019, according to a connection from Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy’s office.

A assemblage convicted Derrick Wills, 26, of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, 2 counts of robbery with a unsafe weapon, 1 number of location invasion, 2 counts of usage of a firearm successful the committee of a transgression of unit and 1 number of conspiracy to perpetrate robbery with a unsafe weapon. The verdict came aft little than 2 hours of deliberating.

Prince George’s County Police officers arrived astatine a Suitland location pursuing a shooting connected April 14, 2019 and recovered Derrell White, 22, with gunshot wounds to his caput and back, according to the statement. He was pronounced dormant connected the scene. Officers besides recovered a 25-year-old antheral with gunshots. He survived.

Wills and an chartless conspirator approached White and the surviving unfortunate astatine his home. Wills asked to travel wrong to complaint his phone, and erstwhile inside, they forced White downstairs and began to rob the different victim, according to the statement. Wills changeable the antheral successful the face, leaving him for dead, past fatally changeable White earlier fleeing with the conspirator, according to the statement. The surviving unfortunate identified Wills arsenic 1 of the robbers.

Investigators besides determined Wills was astatine the country done DNA grounds connected a lighter helium dropped.

Wills’ sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 26.

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