Alexandria Man Guilty In Fatal Hotel Shooting

ALEXANDRIA, VA—A jury found an Alexandria resident guilty Thursday for the shooting that killed a man and injured two at a city hotel last year.

Demarcus Robertson, 20, was originally charged with murder, but the jury convicted him of voluntary manslaughter (felony) for the death of Desmond Roseboro, 28 of Alexandria on May 13, 2017. He was also convicted of two felony counts of unlawful wounding for shooting and injuring two others.

The jury recommended he serve 20 years in total: 10 years for manslaughter and five years for each count of unlawful wounding. These were the maximum recommended sentences for these convictions.

Robertson is being held at the Truesdale Adult Detention Center. Formal sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 20.

The shooting happened at the Extended Stay America hotel off of Eisenhower Avenue. Alexandria Police had responded to a call about shots fired and found three injured people.

Roseboro had been transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and died the next day. The other two victims, a 21-year-old woman and a 35 year-old woman, were transported to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.

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