D.C. Man Sentenced for the Fatal Stabbing of Wheelchair Bound Victim

WASHINGTON – Kevin Johnson, 40, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced to 18 years in prison today in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the fatal stabbing of 44-year-old D.C. resident Antonio Pierre Woody, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. 

Johnson pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder while armed on February 24, 2026. Johnson’s guilty plea was pursuant to Rule 11(c)(1)(c) where the parties agreed to a prison sentence range between 18 and 23 years. In addition to the 18-year sentence, the Honorable Rainey Brandt ordered Johnson to serve five years of supervised release.

According to court documents, in the early morning hours of October 6, 2024, in Northeast D.C., Johnson and the victim were socializing in a group on the sidewalk outside 1719 Lincoln Road, NE and the adjacent parking lot of 1725 Lincoln Road, NE. Johnson, agitated from a previous altercation on October 5, 2024, made threats before approaching the victim, lunging at him and stabbing him multiple times. The victim, wheelchair-bound, attempted to crawl away from the defendant, before the defendant struck and stabbed him again.

The defendant then proceeded to dispose of the victim’s cell phone down a storm drain and leave the scene, walking back towards the parking lot of 1725 Lincoln Road, NE. Officers arrived on the scene, noting that the only exit from the parking lot was into a Department of Human Services Shelter. The defendant was identified by an individual working security. Police located the defendant and transported him to the MPD Homicide Branch where he was arrested for murder in the second degree.

Joining the announcement was Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll of the Metropolitan Police Department. 

In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Pirro and Interim Chief Carroll commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department. They also commended the work of Assistant U.S. Attorneys Marybeth Manfreda and Rashmika Nedungadi, who prosecuted the case.

2024 CF1 010048

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