华盛顿77岁男子谋杀女儿男友被陪审团定罪：十年前争执后取枪追出、开枪致30岁男子身亡
美国司法部哥伦比亚特区联邦检察官办公室宣布，Washington 居民 Wilbert Whitaker（77岁）2026年11月4日在哥伦比亚特区高等法院被陪审团判定罪名成立，罪名源于2016年4月30日他在 Northeast 杀害女儿的男友 Leo Hackett（30岁）。
Whitaker 被判定持械二级谋杀与在暴力犯罪中持有枪支两项罪名成立。持械二级谋杀罪名在持枪实施时设有5年强制最低刑期。高等法院法官 Todd Edelman 已定于2027年1月8日量刑。
据检方在庭上出示的证据，2016年4月30日，第五分局警员接报一起家庭纠纷，赶到 Northeast 21st Street 800号段的811号住所，发现 Whitaker 与 Hackett 曾发生争吵；警员未见有人受伤、也未接到殴打报告，遂在未逮捕任何人的情况下离开。
不久后，Whitaker 从卧室取出一把.38口径左轮手枪并装弹。Hackett 离家去上班，Whitaker 跟出门外，在受害人走开时喊住他；Hackett 转身之际，Whitaker 连开两枪，一枪命中其左胸，致其身亡。
Whitaker 于2016年4月30日在案发现场被捕，同年5月16日在初步听证后获释。本案由 Washington 大都会警察局调查，联邦助理检察官 Kathleen Gibbons 与 Michael Roberts 负责起诉。（来源：美国司法部）
D.C. Jury Finds 77-Year-Old Man Guilty of Murdering His Daughter's Boyfriend in 2016
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced that Wilbert Whitaker, 77, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty on November 4, 2026, in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia on charges stemming from the April 30, 2016 murder of Leo Hackett, 30, his daughter's boyfriend, in Northeast Washington.
Whitaker was found guilty of second-degree murder while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. The second-degree murder while armed offense carries a mandatory minimum of five years in prison when committed with a firearm. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman scheduled sentencing for January 8, 2027.
According to the government's evidence, on April 30, 2016, Fifth District officers responded to a 911 call for a family disturbance at 811 21st Street Northeast. There they found that Whitaker and Hackett had been in an argument. Officers observed no injuries and heard no reports of an assault, so they left without making any arrests.
A short time later, Whitaker retrieved a .38 special revolver from his bedroom and loaded it. As Hackett left the house to go to work, Whitaker followed him out, called out to him, and, as Hackett turned, fired two shots, striking him once in the left side of the chest and killing him.
Whitaker was arrested on April 30, 2016, at the scene and was released on May 16, 2016, following his preliminary hearing. The Metropolitan Police Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kathleen Gibbons and Michael Roberts are prosecuting. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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