Man guilty in 2023 shooting of trans woman in D.C. apartment building
A D.C. Superior Court jury on Sept. 24 found a D.C. man guilty of aggravated assault while armed and four additional gun-related charges for the Nov.
29, 2023, shooting of a female transgender sex worker in a Northeast Washington apartment building. Following a four-week trial, the jury found Jerry Tyree, 46, guilty of one count of aggravated assault while armed, one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, two counts of felony possession of a firearm, and one count of attempted possession of liquid PCP.
Superior Court Judge Errol Arthur scheduled a sentencing hearing for Dec. 13, 2024. Under the D.C. criminal code, Tyree faces a possible maximum sentence of 10 to 30 years in prison.
According to testimony by key prosecution witnesses, including D.C. police investigators and Kayla Fowler, the victim in the case, Tyree and Fowler first met at the intersection of Eastern Avenue, N.E.
