WASHINGTON, D.C. — Enis Jevric, 42, a former Sergeant with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), was sentenced today to 60 months in federal prison for the August 2021 shooting death of 27-year-old An’Twan Gilmore, U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and FBI Assistant Director in Charge David Sundberg of the Washington Field Office announced.
Jevric had pled guilty on February 23, 2024, in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to charges of violating Mr. Gilmore’s constitutional rights through the use of deadly excessive force and to involuntary manslaughter under D.C. law. Along with the prison sentence, Jevric was ordered to serve five years of supervised release.
Court documents reveal that on August 25, 2021, at approximately 3 a.m., Jevric and 17 other MPD officers responded to a report of a man asleep in a car stopped at the intersection of New York Avenue and Florida Avenue, N.E. The sleeping driver, identified as Mr. Gilmore, had a handgun visibly tucked in his waistband. After clearing the area of civilian traffic, Jevric directed another officer to knock on the car’s windows to awaken Mr. Gilmore. Upon waking, the car moved forward slightly, stopped, and then moved again. Jevric then fired four shots at the vehicle. As the car continued to roll down New York Avenue, Jevric fired six more times, three of which struck Mr. Gilmore, ultimately leading to his death. No other officer discharged their weapon during the incident. When officers approached the vehicle after it came to a stop, they found Gilmore’s gun still secured in his waistband beneath his buckled seatbelt.
As part of his guilty plea, Jevric acknowledged that his actions were an unconstitutional and unreasonable use of force, done willfully and in reckless disregard of Mr. Gilmore’s Fourth Amendment rights. He admitted that his conduct presented an extreme risk of death and significantly deviated from a reasonable standard of care.
The case was investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office, with substantial support from the FBI Laboratory, including the Laboratory Shooting Reconstruction Team. The prosecution was handled by the Fraud, Public Corruption, and Civil Rights Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.