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The Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office announced on Wednesday, May 31, that Clarksburg resident Rodjaun Neal-Williams has been sentenced to the maximum term of 30 years in prison after being convicted earlier this year for his role in the death of 23-year-old Javon Gordon, of Boyds, two years ago.
Specifically, Neal-Williams was convicted by a jury in March of voluntary manslaughter and use of a firearm in the commission of a crime of violence.
The conflict between the two dated back nearly three years, when Neal-Williams was 19 years old.
According to the State’s Attorney’s Office, on April 13, 2021, in the 12900 block of Ethel Rose Way in Boyds, Neal-Williams was a passenger in a vehicle that pulled up to a small group of people who were hanging out in the street.
An altercation reportedly broke out between Neal-Williams and Gordon while the former was inside the vehicle, at which point he pulled out a handgun, shot and killed Gordon.
“This is an example of a ghost gun fired in broad daylight in a neighborhood where families were out enjoying a beautiful spring day,” Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy stated. “I thank Assistant State’s Attorneys Gabriel Carrera and John Lalos for their work in this matter, as this type of brazen violence is not acceptable in our community.”
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