DC Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz sentenced two co-defendants on March 13 for their involvement in the death of a bystander during a revenge shooting in a park.
Andrew Ellis, 23, and Marques Johnson, 43, pleaded guilty on Dec. 17, 2025 to second-degree murder while armed for the fatal shooting of 56-year-old Leo Colter on Oct. 1, 2023 around 9:57 p. m. in McPherson Square Park on the 900 block of 15th Street, NW. Colter sustained a gunshot wound to his upper back.
As part of the plea deal, parties agreed to a sentence range of 15-to-18 years in prison for each defendant, accepted by Judge Kravitz at sentencing…