District Man Sentenced to 90 Months in Prison for Shooting Two Men in Northeast D.C.

            WASHINGTON – Avon Burke, 52, of Washington D.C., was sentenced on December 1, 2023 to a 90 month prison term for shooting two men in Northeast Washington, D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).  

            Burke pleaded guilty in August 2023 to two counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.  He was sentenced by the Honorable Lynn Leibovitz.

            According to the Government’s evidence, Burke was present in the alleyway in the rear of 1355 New York Avenue NE, when a fight broke out between a group of men.  Burke was not physically involved in this fight.  While this group of men were fighting, Burke walked towards the group of men, raised both arms and extended them forward while holding a silver in color revolver, and fired two rounds in the direction of the two victims.  One victim was struck in the chest and the other victim was struck in the leg.  The Defendant then left the alleyway.

            In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Graves and Chief Smith commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department.

            This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Benjamin Helfand of the Major Crimes Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.