Friday, May 3, 2024

WASHINGTON - Carson Posey, 24, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 18 years in prison for second degree murder while armed related to the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Shantal Hill, on April 15, 2020, in front of the Tyler House Apartments on the south side of 1200 North Capitol Street, Northwest. The sentencing was announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela A. Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

            Posey pleaded guilty, on September 29, 2023, to one count of second-degree murder while armed. Superior Court Judge Michael O’Keefe also ordered Posey to serve five years of supervised release.

            According to court documents, on April 15, 2020, Posey and Hill walked out of the front of the apartment building following what appeared to be a heated argument involving a third person. Posey shot Hill, his ex-girlfriend, nine times in the legs, buttocks, and chest and fled the area. Hill identified her assailant to responding police officers while aid was being provided on the scene. Hill also stated, “I [am] a single mother and I can’t die.” She died shortly after midnight on April 16, 2020.

            In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Graves and Chief Smith commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Criminal Investigations Division, Homicide Branch, of the Metropolitan Police Department.

            They also commended the work of Assistant U.S. Attorney John Interrante, who prosecuted the case.