Ray Stover Sentenced for Stabbing Deanwood Safe Passage Ambassador

Monday, March 31, 2025

Victim Stabbed Multiple Times in Broad Daylight

            WASHINGTON – Ray Stover, 43, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced on Friday, March 28, 2025, to 120 months in prison for stabbing a Safe Passage Ambassador near the campus of Ron Brown High School in Washington, DC, announced U.S. Attorney Edward R. Martin, Jr., and Chief Pamela Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). 

            Stover pleaded guilty to one count of assault with intent to kill in February 2025, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Following the completion of his term of imprisonment, Stover was ordered to complete a three-year term of supervised release.

            According to the government’s evidence, on June 5, 2024, the victim was working for D.C. Safe Passage, helping students travel safely to and from school, at his post near 45th Street and Meade Street, NE. Around 12:30 p.m., Stover approached the victim while yelling profanities. Although the victim did not know Stover, Stover brandished a knife and swung it at the victim’s leg causing the victim to collapse to the ground. Stover then proceeded to stab the victim six additional times in his chest, back, and leg. Neighbors who found the victim called 911, and he was taken to a local hospital for treatment for multiple stab wounds.

            Ring camera footage from a nearby residence captured the attack, which was ultimately used to develop Stover’s identity as the attacker.  Stover was apprehended on July 23, 2024, and has been in custody ever since. 

            In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Martin and Chief Smith commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department. They also expressed appreciation for the assistance provided by the U.S. Capitol Police, the Metro Transit Police Department, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force. Finally, they commended the work of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Amanda Hoover and   Katerina  Shelly, who investigated and prosecuted the case.