A fatal shooting defendant accepted a plea offer that carries a 16 year prison sentence before DC Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman on Aug. 7.
Cornell Day, 38, was originally charged with premeditated first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and carrying a pistol without a license outside a home or business for his involvement in the fatal shooting of 33-year-old Darius Young on March 13, 2025 on the 5000 block of H Street, SE. Young sustained two gunshot wounds to the torso.
At the hearing, Day pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed. Under the plea deal, parties agreed to 16 years in prison and five years of supervised release, pending Judge Edelman’s approval of the sentence. Day will also be required to register as a gun offender…