Matthew Walker, 25, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for shooting two men, killing one, at a temporary labour agency in Northeast Washington D.C. on February 14, 2019, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela A. Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department.
Walker was convicted at trial in January 2024 in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
In addition to the 50-year prison term, Superior Court Judge Marisa Demeo ordered Walker to serve five years of supervised release.
According to the government’s evidence, at approximately 5:45 a.m. on February 14, 2019, Walker walked into Trojan Labor, a temporary labour agency in Northeast Washington, D.C.
Once inside, Walker ran directly to the agency’s dispatch office, where he repeatedly shot David Remen, one of the agency’s workers and Michael Hardy, the manager of the agency. Walker then fled away from the scene and discarded his clothing, mask, and firearm nearby.
Remen died on the scene. Hardy died in 2022. DNA evidence from the clothing, mask and firearm, as well as ballistic, video and other evidence, linked the defendant to the shooting.
