CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The alleged perpetrator of a 2022 murder on the downtown mall outside the Lucky Blue’s Bar has pleaded guilty in Charlottesville Circuit Court. Charlotte, North Carolina native Marcel Darrell Washington was sentenced to 80 years in prison by Judge Richard E. Moore for second degree murder and malicious wounding after shooting Davon J. Wilson outside the bar in October of 2022. The shooting happened after an altercation that started inside the establishment spilled outside.

Wilson suffered six gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the hospital later. Two bystanders who were walking past the bar at the time were also hurt. Both recovered from their injuries.
Judge Moore said he was initially hesitant to approve the plea, calling it “one of the worst cases he’s seen.”