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Friday, September 23, 2022

Defendant Must Serve Five-Year Mandatory Minimum in Prison

            WASHINGTON – Deante Green, 25, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to seven years – five of which must be served in prison – on charges stemming from the shooting of two people outside a nightclub in the Dupont Circle area of Northwest Washington last summer, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

            Green pleaded guilty in February 2022, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, to assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. He was sentenced by the Honorable Michael O’Keefe. Following his prison term, Green will be placed on three years of supervised probation. He must also perform 90 hours of community service.

            According to the government’s evidence, on Sunday, June 27, 2021, at approximately 10 p.m., Green accosted a man outside a nightclub in the 1200 block of Connecticut Avenue NW, following a dispute over a double-booked table at the establishment. An altercation followed, and Green fired a gun twice at the man as the man was running away. One bullet hit the man in the left thigh. The second shot hit a woman who worked at a neighboring establishment who was not involved in the dispute. That victim was hit in the left arm. The gunshot shattered a bone, and she has lost some use of the arm and now has only partial use of her thumb. Green, who fled the scene, was arrested on July 8, 2021. He has been in custody ever since.

            In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Graves and Chief Contee commended those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department. They also expressed appreciation for those who worked on the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Paralegal Specialist Crystal Waddy, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul V. Courtney, who prosecuted the matter.