A Washington, D.C., man was sentenced Friday to 40 years in jail by a Montgomery County Circuit Court docket decide after he was convicted of first-degree homicide in a 2013 incident at a Rockville house.

Bryan Chicken, 31, was ordered by Choose John Maloney to serve 40 years in jail and 5 years of supervised probation for the homicide of Alexander Buie, in keeping with a information launch from the Montgomery County State’s Lawyer’s Workplace. 

In accordance with the state’s lawyer’s workplace, each Chicken and Vaughn Darvel Bellamy, 32, of Hagerstown have been convicted of first-degree homicide in September for his or her involvement in a capturing that happened at a then-recovery home in Rockville in November 2013. Bellamy is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 13.

Authorities stated Chicken, Bellamy and one other defendant pressured their manner into the restoration home and have been searching for one other goal, unaware that the individual had moved from the house, in keeping with the information launch. They confronted three males within the house, together with Buie.

After a quick wrestle, Buie was shot and fatally wounded, the discharge acknowledged. Chicken and Bellamy then fled the house.

Native legislation enforcement have been in a position to file costs towards the 2 once they discovered the handgun used within the murder about seven months later. Authorities have been investigating an unrelated murder in Prince George’s County once they discovered Bellamy had the gun, in keeping with the state lawyer’s workplace.