Crips member sentenced to 42 years for murder at Silver Spring wings joint, prosecutors say

Markus Dowdy, who has no known address, was convicted in February of second-degree murder and several other charges in the shooting death of 34-year-old Marvin Jefferson. Prosecutors said Dowdy was retaliating after Jefferson had punched him in the face the week prior.

Another man standing outside the restaurant was hit in the head by a stray bullet, according to charging documents, but survived.

The shooting happened just before 6 p.m. at the America’s Best Wings in the White Oak Shopping Center, near the corner of New Hampshire Avenue and Columbia Pike in Silver Spring…

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