A Maserati driver who responded after being cut off by shooting at a woman’s car and then turning and shooting at bystanders in Washington, D.C., was sentenced Monday to more than 32 years in prison, prosecutors said.
The woman was hit in the arm during the shooting by Kenneth Miles Davis Jr. on May 19, 2021, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a statement. The woman’s 5-year-old and 11-year-old children were in her car, officials said.
Davis, 45, was convicted by a jury in January of one count of assault with intent to kill while armed, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and four counts of possession of a firearm during a violent crime.
His attorney, Marnitta L. King, said Davis has already informed the court he will appeal. “Mr. Davis will continue to fight to prove his innocence,” she said.
The violence broke out around 5 p.m. when Davis, feeling like he had been cut off in traffic, got out of the Maserati GranTurismo and shot into the woman’s car, officials said.
Surveillance footage showed the gunman getting out and shooting at the woman’s car as she drove away. He then turned around and pointed the gun at the people behind him before stepping out of the picture.
Davis fired 13 bullets: six at the woman’s car and seven at bystanders, the prosecutor’s office said. No one was shot except the woman. The 5-year-old was injured by broken glass.
The woman whose car was shot identified Davis on a police photo frame, saying, “It was him” and “I’m sure, my heart is beating,” according to a police arrest warrant affidavit.
In a letter to the judge recorded in May, Davis said he maintains his innocence and does not believe he received a fair trial.
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