Andre Clark Sentenced for 2024 Murder of Leonard Taylor, Jr.

Friday, August 1, 2025

WASHINGTON – Andre Clark, 34, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today in Superior Court for the October 2024 shooting of Leonard Taylor, Jr., announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

            Clark pleaded guilty on May 5, 2025, to one count second-degree murder while armed. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman sentenced Clark to 19 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release.

            According to the government’s evidence, on the morning of October 20, 2024, the defendant walked out of a building in the 1500 block of 19th St., SE and towards the victim, who was sitting in the driver’s seat of a gray sedan parked on that street. Clark walked up to the driver’s side of the car, leaned down towards the driver’s side window, and used his right hand to point a firearm at the victim. As the victim started to drive away, the defendant fired his gun at him, striking the victim in the back and killing him.

            Clark was located and arrested in Baltimore, Maryland on December 19, 2024, and has been in custody since.

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

            In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Pirro and Chief Smith commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department. They also acknowledged Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Bromwich, who prosecuted the case.