WASHINGTON – One in all two males charged in a lethal capturing inside a D.C. nightclub that claimed the lifetime of former faculty basketball standout Blake Bozeman is talking out to FOX 5 now that he is a free man.
Anwan Shelton spent the higher a part of the previous month in jail on a cost of first-degree homicide however now, the case in opposition to him has been dropped.
The backstory:
Shelton was accused in what turned out to be a sensational case — a mass capturing contained in the CRU Lounge Hookah Bar on H Road, Northeast a yr and a half in the past.
Former Morgan State College basketball participant Blake Bozeman was shot to demise… others injured by the gunfire.
Antwan Shelton was certainly one of two males finally charged within the case simply final month. The opposite was a D.C. violence interupter
However now, Shelton is out of jail. A choose launched him from custody on the request of federal prosecutors.
Shelton says that is as a result of he wasn’t there that night time, and wasn’t the person seen within the surveillance pictures that had been a part of the investigation.
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What he says:
Now, Shelton is simply attempting to place the items of his life again collectively.
“Simply attempting to get my life again so as,” Shelton advised FOX 5. “It was very devastating to me to be snatched from my job and placed on the information and accused of a heinous crime like that. You recognize what I am saying. It is like all over the place I am going, persons are taking a look at me two or thrice and so they really feel like they know me as a result of they see me on the information however you understand that wasn’t me.”
The 41-year-old D.C. native says he has frolicked in jail however by no means for a criminal offense of violence.
He advised FOX 5 he was fired from his job at Pepco — a job he says took a number of time and laborious work to get.
Shelton says he is grateful the system noticed match to launch him from jail, figuring out lots of people charged with a criminal offense will proclaim their innocence however says he is nonetheless struggling.
“Although I am dwelling, I haven’t got a job so I haven’t got all people’s inform me it will be okay however what about in the present day? What about my payments? What about my household? What about my sanity? You recognize my peace? Like apart from my shut household and pals I have not actually been round anybody,” Shelton stated.
What’s subsequent:
Shelton says he plans to sue the town and MPD and hopes to get his job again as a lineman for Pepco. FOX 5 has reached out to D.C. police, the U.S. Legal professional’s Workplace and Pepco. We’re nonetheless ready to listen to again.
What occurred:
In keeping with police, the capturing occurred on Saturday, September 23, 2023. Police arrived on the hookah lounge round 11:51 p.m. in response to a capturing on the institution.
Upon arrival, officers positioned three males and one girl affected by gunshot wounds.
Bozeman was pronounced lifeless after being transported to a hospital. The opposite three victims had been handled for non-life-threatening accidents.
Bozeman, was identified within the area as a star Morgan State basketball participant and the son of a successful coach. He was additionally a husband and father to a few younger kids.
FOX 5 additionally realized Bozeman served as a pacesetter locally, having began a non-profit that labored to assist athletes discover their careers if professional basketball was not for them.
