Guilty Verdict Handed to Shooter for Killing a Man Over Feud

WASHINGTON - Khalid Claggett, 42, of Washington, D.C., was found guilty this afternoon by a Superior Court jury for charges stemming from a shooting that killed 30-year-old Isaac Aull, Jr., in June 2021, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine F. Pirro.

Claggett was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter while armed, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence and unlawful possession of a firearm (prior felony conviction). Superior Court Judge Neal Kravitz scheduled sentencing for May 15, 2026, at 11:30 a.m.

According to the government's evidence, on the morning of June 11, 2021, an exchange of gunfire occurred between Aull and Claggett due to a feud about the previous murder of Aull's brother. Aull and another man followed Claggett to a nearby Walgreens parking lot on Rhode Island Avene, NE and opened fire on him while he was sitting in an SUV.

Claggett exited the SUV and returned fire to Aull as Aull was running away from the parking lot towards the 1600 block of Frankin Street NE, striking him once in the neck causing him to immediately fall into the street. Claggett then returned to the parking lot, got into another vehicle, changed his appearance, switched weapons, dawned a mask and drove back to Frankin street to pursue Aull. Claggett exited the vehicle approached Aull as he lay on the ground in front of an ambulance and tried to shoot him again, but the weapon jammed. Claggett then left, was able to unjam his weapon and return to Aull and finish him off by shooting him eight times while he was helpless, unarmed and still alive on the ground.

Claggett was arrested on June 25, 2021, and has been in custody ever since.

Joining the announcement was Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll of the Metropolitan Police Department.

This case was investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department.

It is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Rashmika Nedungadi and Dan Seidel.

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