WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — A 23-year-old man will spend the next 35 years in prison after he was sentenced on Friday for a deadly 2022 shooting, the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Columbia announced.
Jajuan Gripper of Washington, D.C., was found guilty by a jury in August on charges of conspiracy to commit a crime of violence, first-degree premeditated murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and carrying a pistol without a license.
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According to court documents on Dec. 20, 2022, at 9:40 p.m., Gripper and two co-conspirators followed 34-year-old Rynell Bradford out of his apartment building in the Kenilworth neighborhood in Northeast, D.C. All three men were armed.
Court documents stated that the men began shooting at Bradford as he was running from them down the street. A total of 19 shots were fired, including a shot to the back of the head that killed him instantly…