DC man to spend nearly 20 years in prison for shooting, killing man in car

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A Washington, D.C. man will spend nearly two decades in prison due to his involvement in a deadly shooting last year.

Andre Clark, 34, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed on May 5. The charge against him stems from the morning of Oct. 20, 2024.

According to court documents, the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was called to the 1400 block of 8th Street SE just after 8:45 a.m. that October morning. There, officers found 28-year-old Leonard Taylor, Jr. of Suitland, Md. in the driver’s seat of his gray sedan.

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He was unconscious and unresponsive, suffering from a gunshot wound to his back…

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