WASHINGTON — A District of Columbia man was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for his role in a 2023 kidnapping that crossed into Maryland and ended with two people dead after a shootout in Waldorf.
Malik Terrell, 24, was sentenced June 29, 2026, in U.S. District Court to 87 months in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and aiding and abetting. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly also ordered Terrell to serve five years of supervised release.
The case stemmed from the early morning hours of June 9, 2023, after Terrell and nine co-conspirators returned to the 4400 block of F Street SE in Washington, D.C., following a birthday celebration at a nightclub on Connecticut Avenue NW.
Court documents state two men arrived in the area shortly afterward. At about 3:45 a.m., the group targeted one of the men as he sat in the driver’s seat of a Mercedes SUV.
Prosecutors reported co-conspirators lunged at the driver from the driver’s-side doorway, confined him and began stripping clothing from his body. Terrell helped prevent both victims from fleeing while others pulled the driver from the vehicle.
The purpose of the kidnapping was to steal the victim’s clothing, money, vehicle and other belongings, prosecutors reported.
The group drove away in the victim’s Mercedes SUV with both victims inside, while Terrell and three others fled in a white Nissan Altima. The victims were taken to another location, where they were threatened and assaulted at gunpoint, sustaining serious injuries.
The group then transported one victim across state lines into Maryland, stopping first at an apartment complex in Suitland and then at a second location in Waldorf.
At approximately 5:45 a.m., a shootout erupted in a Waldorf parking lot. One kidnapping victim and another individual were struck by gunfire and later pronounced dead.
About an hour later, first responders found the victim’s Mercedes engulfed in flames in Capitol Heights.
The investigation was handled by the FBI’s Washington Field Office Violent Crimes Task Force and Safe Streets Task Force, the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney John Crabb Jr. and Anthony Scarpelli of the Violent Crimes and Narcotics Trafficking Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.
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Like I say DEM. JUDGES LETS THEM OFF EASY , SHOULD HAVE BEEN 50 YEARS….