DC man sentenced to 18 years in prison for 2020 murder of ex-girlfriend
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Officials announced that a man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing his ex-girlfriend outside of an apartment building in Northwest D.C. in 2020.
24-year-old Carson Posey had pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder while armed for shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend on April 15, 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the District of Columbia.
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Court documents said that Posey had left the Tyler House Apartments on North Capitol Street, NW, with his ex-girlfriend, 28-year-old Shantal Hill after “what appeared to be a heated argument involving a third person.”
Posey shot Hill nine times outside of the building, according to court documents.
Hill told responding officers that Posey had attacked her, also telling them, “I [am] a single mother and I can’t die.” She died a bit after midnight the next day.
USAO said that the judge also ordered Posey to serve five years of supervised release following his sentence.
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