Antoine Turner, a 32-year-old resident of Washington, DC, has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for the murder of Demeitri Anderson. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Turner pleaded guilty to second degree murder on September 5, 2025, in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. His plea agreement specified a sentence between 240 and 312 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Judge Michael Ryan accepted the agreement and imposed a sentence of 312 months.
According to evidence presented by the government, on November 29, 2020, at around 12:30 p.m., Turner drove a rented red Nissan Versa to B Street SE in Washington, DC. He then walked to the BENCO Shopping Plaza at 4528 Benning Rd SE. There, he approached Anderson from behind near Ken’s Beauty Supply and shot him multiple times in the back of the head and body.
Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll of the Metropolitan Police Department joined U.S. Attorney Pirro in announcing the sentence. Both officials commended investigators from the Metropolitan Police Department and staff from the U.S. Attorney’s Office who contributed to the case, including Paralegal Specialist Kelly Blakeney and Victim/Witness Advocate Jennifer Clark.
They also recognized Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Coronado for her role in investigating and prosecuting Turner.
