Judge Herbert Dixon sentenced Terry Johnson Wednesday to 23 and a half years in prison in connection with the shooting death of 19-year-old Andre Jamal Wiggins. A jury convicted Johnson of second-degree murder and related weapons offenses in connection with the case in March. Prosecutors argued that the months-long feud between Johnson and Wiggins centered … Read more →
Terry Johnson was found guilty Friday of second-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Andre Wiggins in Oct. 2011. The jury began deliberating Friday and announced that they’d reached a verdict at the end of the day. Jurors rejected prosecutor’s request for a first-degree murder verdict, finding instead the lesser charge of second-degree … Read more →
Many disagreements between friends are small: twenty dollars loaned, a meeting missed. The disagreement between Terry Johnson and Andre Wiggins could have been one of those fights, and maybe it was: The two young men liked the same woman. Both dated her. According to prosecutors, that disagreement, that tension, sparked a feud that set Johnson … Read more →
A witness in the murder trial against Terry Johnson testified Thursday that police forced her to implicate Johnson for the murder of 19-year-old Andre Jamal Wiggins. “They said that if I didn’t tell them what they wanted to hear, they wouldn’t allow me to see my child,” the witness testified. “I was scared for my … Read more →
A “feud” between Andre Wiggins and Terry Johnson has killed one of the men and landed the other in jail. Charging documents against Johnson state that a feud between the two had escalated the day Wiggins was killed, perhaps leading to his death. According to witness statements included in the charging documents, Wiggins had followed … Read more →
Terry Terrell Johnson, a 22-year-old Southeast DC man, has been arrested on suspicion of first degree murder while armed in connection with the shooting death of Andre Wiggins. Wiggins, 19, was killed on Oct. 26. MPD announced Johnson’s arrest Wednesday night. It was the fourth arrest made in a homicide case in approximately 31 hours. … Read more →
Washington’s Other Monuments has photos of street memorials for recent homicide victims Demetrius Thompson, Andre Wiggins and Antonio Headspeth. See more photos at Washington’s Other Monuments. Read more →
A man was killed Wednesday afternoon after being shot in Northeast DC, the Washington Post reports. MPD identified the victim as Andre Wiggins, a 19-year-old Northeast DC man. He had been shot multiple times, said MPD authorities. Read MPD’s press release below. October 26, 2011 Homicide: 5200 Block of Clay Street, NE (Washington, DC)-Detectives from … Read more →
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