Raheem Murray of no fixed address was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., United States on February 2, 2020. He was 26 and the stepson of a recently retired Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia officer;
At around 4:00 p.m. that day, Murray was with Washington, D.C. residents Corvell Hayden, then 38, and Marco Harper, then 28. They were standing on the sidewalk in Southeast, Washington, D.C., discussing where they were going to watch Super Bowl LIV when a dark-colored sedan stopped nearby.
Glenn Dexalonte Dolford, then 28, of Southeast and another individual reportedly got out of the car and opened fire on Murray, Hayden and Harper with rifle-style weapons. Hayden and Harper immediately took off running from the scene.
While Murray fell to the ground, Harper was shot twice and Hayden was shot 10 times. A father with his children then aged 4 and 6 also fled the scene.
Dolford allegedly ran to where Murray laid on the ground, stood over him and shot him in the head. The suspect fled the scene before police officers arrived.
On February 3, 2020, Dr. Kristinza Giese of the District of Columbian Medical Examiner’s Office performed an autopsy of Murray. The doctor ruled the cause of death to be from multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death being homicide.
On June 25, 2020, Dolford was arrested by members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force of the U.S. Marshals Service. He was charged with first-degree murder while armed.
On February 17, 2023, Dolford pleaded guilty before Judge Maribeth Raffinan to one count of 2nd degree murder while armed, one count of aggravated assault while armed and one count of assault with a deadly weapon. On May 25, 2023, Dolford will be sentenced.
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