WASHINGTON — A former DC Police officer is facing years in prison for the 2021 deadly shooting of An’Twan Gilmore.
Enis Jevric, 42, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in February. This comes over two years after 27-year-old Gilmore was found unconscious inside a car on Aug. 25, 2021.
On Thursday, Jevric was sentenced to 60 months in prison and five years of supervised release.
Court documents show Jevric used "unconstitutionally excessive and unreasonable force" when he shot Gilmore.
The deadly events unfolded around 3 a.m. on Aug. 25, 2021, after someone called the police to report a man "unconscious" in a car at a traffic light on Florida and New York Avenue. Jevric and 17 other members of MPD arrived to find Gilmore either asleep or unconscious in the driver's seat of a car stopped at the intersection.
Officers approached the car and reportedly found Gilmore sleeping with a handgun in his waistband.
Ten minutes after police arrived and had cleared the area of pedestrians and traffic, Jevric approached the vehicle and directed another officer to knock on its window. When Gilmore woke up, the car moved forward several feet, stopped briefly and then began to move forward again. As it was moving, Jevric shot at the car four times. The car then continued moving forward and Jevric shot six more times.
Three of the 10 gunshots fired by Jevric hit Gilmore. He died a short time later from his wounds. No other officer opened fire on Gilmore.
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When the wounded Gilmore was pulled from his car, the handgun officers had spotted earlier remained tucked in his waistband, underneath his buckled seatbelt.
As part of Jevric's guilty plea, he had to admit that his conduct constituted unconstitutional and unreasonable force, and that he acted willfully and in reckless disregard of Gilmore's Fourth Amendment right to be free from excessive force by police. He also admitted that his behavior created an extreme risk of death for Gilmore and was a gross deviation from a reasonable standard of care.
