RALEIGH, N.C. – A Raleigh United Blood Nation gang member
was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm
and shooting a victim.
According to court documents, Destin Devaunta Wilson, 24,
was named in a one-count Indictment filed in the Eastern District of North
Carolina on July 18, 2019. The
Indictment charged Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon on February 18,
2019. On December 4, 2019, the defendant
pled guilty to the Indictment.
U.S. Attorney Higdon stated, “This shooting is but another
example of the violence and danger that this defendant and the members of the
United Blood Nation bring to communities all across the Eastern District. My office is laser focused on breaking the UBN
and ending their reign of fear and terror.”
On February 18, 2019, officers with the Raleigh Police
Department (RPD), responded to a shooting at 567 Dacian Road in Raleigh. During
the investigation, officers interviewed witnesses who reported that an argument
ensued between Wilson and two other individuals at the aforementioned
residence. As the argument escalated, Wilson pulled out a gun, pointed it at
the male with whom he was arguing, and shot him in the neck. Wilson fled from
the shooting scene, but was spotted in downtown Raleigh later that evening.
Officers arrested WILSON, who was in possession of a .40 caliber pistol and 6
rounds of .40 caliber ammunition.
Robert J. Higdon, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Eastern
District of North Carolina made the announcement after sentencing by U.S.
District Judge James C. Dever III. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
& Explosives, and the Raleigh Police Department (RPD) investigated the case
and Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel W. Smith
prosecuted the case.
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