A fight broke out at the U.S. District courthouse Tuesday after a judge sentenced a 20-year-old to nearly 21 years in prison for his gang involvement and the murder of Tashawn Brown, almost four years after the 18-year-old’s death at Edgewood Park.
Judge Victor Bolden handed down that sentence during a hearing in Courtroom 2 of the courthouse at 141 Church St., after multiple family members of both the victim and the defendant, Quaymar Suggs, testified in support of either the maximum sentence of 30 years or the minimum sentence of 20 years.
When the courtroom was dismissed, family members left their seats and went out into the hall. Brown’s family members called out “Tashawn Brown” in commemoration. As attorneys and family members waited to receive electronics stored with marshals, the victim’s and the defendant’s families began to exchange words, and the emotions that had heightened during the hearing came to a head…