Two D.C. Men Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for 2024 Shooting of Dunbar High School Student

WASHINGTON - Saki Frost, 19, and Azhari Graves, 20, of Washington, D.C., were sentenced today for charges related to a shooting near Dunbar High School in May 2024, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. 

"These defendants opened fire just steps from a school, injuring multiple students, including one who was struck in the head by a bullet and endangering countless others," said U.S. Attorney Pirro. "Students should be able to learn without fear of violence, and those who seek to disrupt that safety will be met with decisive action."

Frost and Graves each pleaded guilty to aggravated assault while armed, assault with a dangerous weapon, and carrying a pistol without a license on December 19, 2025.  Frost, who was 17 years old at the time of the shooting, was prosecuted as an adult under Title 16. As part of their sentences, both defendants will be required to register as gun offenders. The Honorable J. Michael Ryan ordered both defendants to 84 months in prison, suspended as for all except for 60 months, to be followed by two years of supervised probation.

According to the government's evidence, on the morning of May 3, 2024, Graves and Frost went to the area of Kirby Street NW, near Dunbar High School, and opened fire on a sedan that was driving down that street, before fleeing the area in a vehicle. A witness reported hearing machine gun fire and surveillance video captured Frost and Graves running down an alleyway holding firearms prior to the shooting. Surveillance video also captured the shooting, in which an individual appearing to be Frost, fires a gun toward the sedan. Investigators recovered a total of 29 shell casings from the scene of the shooting and numerous fragments from the exterior of Dunbar High School, as well as from classrooms inside the school. Investigators also observed at least six bullet strikes to the N Street side of Dunbar. During the shooting, one Dunbar student suffered a graze wound to the head from the gunfire.  

Joining in 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 and the U.S. Attorney's Office. They also acknowledged the work of Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Dal Lago, who prosecuted the case.

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