Guilty Plea for the 2020 Daytime Murder in front of The Benco Shopping Center in Southeast

WASHINGTON - Antoine Turner, 32, of Washington, DC, pleaded guilty today to a charge of second-degree murder while armed for the November 29, 2020, murder of Demeitri Anderson, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

Turner's guilty plea, which was contingent upon the Court's approval, called for an agreed-upon 20-26-year prison sentence, to be followed by five years of supervised release. The Honorable Michael Ryan accepted the factual basis for the plea and scheduled sentencing for November 7, 2025.

According to a proffer of facts submitted at the plea hearing, on November 29, 2020, at approximately 12:30 p.m., the defendant, Antoine Turner, drove a rented red Nissan Versa to the 4500 block of B Street SE, Washington, D.C. where he parked the car. The defendant then walked around the block from B Street SE, to 46^th Street SE, then took a left on East Capitol Street SE, and entered the rear alley behind the BENCO shopping plaza. He then walked to the front of the Ken's Beauty Supply located in the BENCO shopping plaza at 4528 Benning Rd SE, Washington, D.C. where at approximately 12:38 p.m. the defendant approached the victim, Demeitri Anderson, from behind and shot him repeatedly in the back of the head and body. An officer was parked in a marked cruiser across the street when he heard and saw the shooting and began driving towards the defendant who ran towards the vehicle he had parked on B Street SE. As the officer approached Turner, the officer observed him with an orange hood over his head and with a gun in his hand as he ran directly in front of the officer's car. The defendant threw the handgun to the street then got into the red Nissan and fled the scene.

Turner has been in custody since his arrest on December 3, 2020.

Joining in the announcement was Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

This case is being investigated by officers, detectives, and other personnel of the Metropolitan Police Department.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrea Coronado.