Man Gets 17 Year Prison Term for Fatally Shooting a Man in Southeast DC

            WASHINGTON – Kyree Anthony Hairston, 25, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 204 months in prison, for voluntary manslaughter while armed with a firearm, for the February 2024 shooting death of David Coe, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela A. Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

           Hairston pleaded guilty on August 9, 2024, to one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed with a firearm. Superior Court Judge Anthony Epstein sentenced Hairston, on November 15, 2024, to the top of the guideline period of incarceration, 17 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release.

           According to the government’s evidence, at approximately 2:45 p.m., on February 3, 2024, Hairston and the victim, Mr. David Coe, were in the parking lot area of the Arbor View Apartment Complex, located in the 1200 block of Southern Avenue in Southeast, Washington, DC.  The two engaged in a conversation, part of which was captured on the audio portion of video surveillance footage that also captured the shooting. On the surveillance, the defendant can be heard stating, “on my grandmother, you got 30 seconds. On my grandmother” and “you trippin like sh*t.” The surveillance shows Hairston pull the hood of his sweatshirt over his head, which covered part of his face. Hairston then removed a black handgun from his jacket pocket and pointed it at Mr. Coe.  Mr. Coe lunged forward to try and disarm Hairston, but Hairston shot him in the chest before he could do so. The victim fell to the ground and as he laid there, Hairston shot Mr. Coe again. Mr. Coe was shot four times and died twenty minutes later.

            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. They also commended the work of Assistant U.S. Attorney Marybeth Manfreda of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.