In the late hours of an April evening in Northwest Washington, D.C., 28-year-old Shantal Teyonia Hill was fatally shot. The incident took place on April 15, 2020, in front of the Tyler House apartment building on North Capitol Street NW. Following what appeared to be a heated argument, Hill was shot multiple times in her legs, buttocks, and chest. Responding to the sound of gunshots, police officers discovered the scene.
As she lay bleeding on the sidewalk, a police officer rendered aid.
In her final moments, Hill identified her attacker as her ex-boyfriend, Carson Posey. She pleaded with the officer, 'I can't die. I have kids.' Before help arrived, she had also managed to leave a voicemail for a relative, stating, 'He shot me. He shot me.' Hill was transported to a nearby hospital where she died shortly after midnight on April 16, 2020.
Surveillance footage captured Posey fleeing the scene after the shooting. He was later arrested and charged with the murder of his ex-girlfriend. In September 2023, Carson Posey, then 24, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed as part of a plea deal. Prosecutors indicated they agreed to the plea out of concern that a jury might not have convicted him on the initial charge of first-degree murder.
During the sentencing, Posey's defense attorneys cited his history of untreated mental health issues, including paranoid schizophrenia, and illegal drug use. Posey read a letter of apology to Hill's family, expressing remorse for his actions. Hill's mother requested a sentence of 28 years, one for each year of her daughter's life. In May 2024, a D.C. Superior Court judge sentenced Carson Posey to 18 years in prison for the murder of Shantal Hill. The judge also mandated that Posey undergo drug abuse counseling and mental health therapy while incarcerated.
