WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A 26-year-old man was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for killing a man who was trying to protect a mother during an assault in D.C.
The attorney’s office announced on March 6 that Stephen Herring was sentenced to 21 years, after pleading guilty to second-degree murder while armed in November.
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On the morning of Aug. 22, 2023, D.C. police responded to M Street NE for a stabbing. There, Marcus Thurman was found unconscious with a a stab wound to his chest.
He was taken to the hospital, where he died more than a week later on Sept. 4…