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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Defendant Shot Victim in Mid-Morning Attack

            WASHINGTON – Stanley Brown, 30, of Washington, D.C, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for fatally shooting a man in Northeast Washington, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Robert J. Contee III, Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).  Brown pleaded guilty on October 7, 2022, to voluntary manslaughter while armed. In addition to the prison term, the Honorable Milton C. Lee ordered five years of supervised release.

            Brown’s co-defendant, Emmanuel Taylor, 39, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 50 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release. Brown pleaded guilty on October 7, 2022, to unlawful possession of a firearm.

            According to the government’s evidence, on Jan. 23, 2020, at approximately 10:15 a.m., Brown approached the victim, Jimmy Beynum, on foot in the 1600 block of F Street NE. Brown shot Mr. Beynum multiple times and then fled the scene. Mr. Beynum, 37, died on Jan. 29, 2020, as a result of multiple gunshot wounds.

            The investigation determined that earlier that day, Emmanuel Taylor left his apartment in Southeast Washington with Brown and dropped him off in the area where the murder took place. When police searched the apartment six days later, Taylor attempted to jump out of the window and threw the murder weapon out of the window.

            In announcing the pleas, U.S. Attorney Graves and Chief Contee commended the work of the officers, detectives and other personnel who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department. They acknowledged the efforts of those who handled the case from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Assistant U.S. Attorney Sitara Witanachchi, former Assistant U.S. Attorney Puja Bhatia, and Victim/Witness Program Specialist Karina Hernandez. Finally, they commended the work of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Daniel Seidel and Brian Ganjei, who investigated and prosecuted the case.