WASHINGTON – Gerald Day, 35, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was sentenced today to five years in prison for charges stemming from an altercation between the victim and the defendant’s romantic partner that occurred in October 2023, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.
Day was found guilty of one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, one count of carrying a pistol without a license, and one count of felony threats on February 25, 2026. Superior Court Judge Rainey Brandt ordered Day to serve the prison term to be followed by three years of supervised release.
According to the government’s evidence, shortly after midnight on October 29, 2023, the victim arrived at the location of a party near the intersection of O Street and Carrollsburg Place, SW. Upon arrival, she saw her romantic partner with another woman and a larger group of people. Another woman in the group–the defendant’s girlfriend–was also there, unbeknownst to the victim. The two of them began to fight and other members of the larger group joined in.
After a series of exchanges, including the victim deploying mace at a woman in the group, the victim took several steps away from the group when Day produced a black handgun with a tactical flashlight attachment and pointed the firearm at the victim, stating words to the effect of, “I’ll blow you’re a** up.” The victim and the group continued to exchange words and eventually the victim got into her vehicle just seconds before the defendant ran up to her car, kicked her car door shut, and slammed the firearm against the window.
As the victim drove past the group, she heard three gunshots, fired by co-defendant Paul Poston. The victim’s vehicle sustained gunshots to the driver’s side rear door, the driver’s side rear window, and trunk. The victim was not injured and drove away before pulling over and calling 911.
Day self-surrendered on an arrest warrant on January 4, 2024. Day was stepped back today.
Joining the announcement was Interim Chief Jeffery Carroll of the Metropolitan Police Department.
In announcing the sentence, U.S. Attorney Pirro and Interim Chief Carroll commended the work of those who investigated the case from the Metropolitan Police Department.
They also thanked Assistant United States Attorneys William Gandy and Samuel Ison, who tried the case, and Assistant United States Attorneys Sara Hanson, Michael Lee, Hannah Skopicki, and Katerina Qesari, who investigated, indicted, and prosecuted the case and Deidria Ellis, who served as a Victim Advocate for the case investigation and trial.
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Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — District of Columbia — U.S. Department of Justice press release.