Crime & Safety
Thanksgiving Shooter Sentenced to 35 Years
Trevelyn Terrell Hinton, 28, was convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter, first degree assault, false imprisonment, use of a handgun in the commission of a felony and possession of a handgun by a prohibited person.
An Oxon Hill man who was convicted of attempted voluntary manslaughter of a Takoma Park Police officer was sentenced by the Montgomery County Circuit Court to 35 years in jail.
Trevelyn Terrell Hinton, 28, was also convicted of first degree assault, false imprisonment, use of a handgun in the commission of a felony and possession of a handgun by a prohibited person.
On Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2010, around 11:35 a.m., Montgomery County Police received a call to assist Takoma Park Police with the report of a shooting that had just occurred, according to Takoma Park Police.
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The preliminary investigation revealed that a Takoma Park Police officer near Sligo Creek Parkway and Houston Avenue, saw a late model black Camaro traveling at a high rate of speed and endangering pedestrians, police said.
The officer tried to stop the vehicle, but Hinton would not stop. Hinton fled and the officers chased him into the parking lot of East Spring Elementary School, where Hinton collided with a pole in the parking lot and then bailed out of the car and ran. The officer followed and Hinton ran behind the school, down to and across Thayer Avenue and into the parking lot of the Thayer Terrace Apartments.
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Hinton and the officer exchanged shots, but no one was struck or injured, police said. As he near a side entrance of the apartment building, a man came out and Hinton used him as a human shield. The officer gave verbal commands to
release the hostage. Hinton complied and he was taken into custody, police said.
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