Man will get jail for killing veteran in Maryland carjacking

CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md. — A Washington, D.C., man has been sentenced to 70 years in jail for killing and carjacking a Marine veteran at a Maryland fuel station.

The Washington Put up studies 23-year-old Demarko Wheeler was sentenced Tuesday for first-degree homicide within the 2016 capturing dying of 68-year-old Alonzo Jackson.

Jackson’s family members mentioned Jackson dropped off his spouse at work that July morning after which stopped for fuel in Capitol Heights so he may drive his finest pal to a physician’s appointment.

Prosecutors say Wheeler approached Jackson on the fuel station, shot him and stole his automobile, which was later discovered deserted and burned. On the time, Wheeler was on pretrial launch in one other armed carjacking that occurred within the District per week prior. That case nonetheless is pending.