Lanham Man Sentenced In Road Rage Shooting That Injured Mom, Child

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — A Lanham man has been sentenced for his role in a road rage shooting that targeted a woman and her young children, as well as a bystander.

On May 19, 2021, around 5 p.m., Kenneth Miles Davis, Jr., 45, was driving his Maserati GranTurismo in heavy rush-hour traffic at the intersection of Kenilworth Avenue NE and Eastern Avenue NE when he got out of his car with a handgun, according to court documents. Davis fired seven times into the car in front of him, which was occupied by a woman and her two children, then turned and fired six more shots at bystanders. The woman suffered a gunshot wound to her upper arm and the 5-year-old child was cut by broken vehicle glass. The 11-year-old child and the bystanders were not injured.

Davis was arrested and has been found guilty of one count of assault with intent to kill while armed, three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and four counts of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence after a three-week jury trial. He was been sentenced to 32 years and six months.