Man Sentenced to 16 Years for Murder at Navy Yard Metro Station

           WASHINGTON – Tyriq Williams, 34, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today to 192 months in prison for the 2023 shooting murder of Terry Clark, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. 

           Williams pleaded guilty in front of the Honorable Todd E. Edelman to second-degree murder while armed on April 23, 2025. The defendant was sentenced pursuant to a plea agreement entered into by the parties.  Williams will be placed on a five-year term of supervised release after his term of incarceration. 

           According to the government’s evidence, on January 7, 2023, the defendant and his girlfriend encountered Mr. Clark on an escalator leaving the Navy Yard Metro Station. The defendant and Mr. Clark did not know each other. After both men left the station, Williams turned around and shot Mr. Clark one time in the head, causing his death.  The defendant then went back into the station and took the train to Congress Heights Metro Station, where he took a bus to his place of employment. Williams told a friend that he needed a ride, and his friend picked the defendant up and drove him to his home in Washington D.C. The shooting was not captured on video, but law enforcement located the defendant on other video surveillance, including Washington Metro Area Transit Authority surveillance around the metro station and on the bus. After an investigation, Williams was apprehended, and detectives found, pursuant to a search warrant of the defendant’s home, distinctive clothing that he wore on the night of the shooting.

           Joining in the announcement was Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

           In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Pirro and Chief Smith commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department. They also commended Assistant U.S. Attorneys Molly K. Smith and Jamie Carter, who prosecuted the case, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney John Interrante, who investigated the case.