DC man found guilty of murder in Montgomery County Metrobus stabbing

Foster Meyerson
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — A jury in Montgomery County has found 35-year-old Tyrone Curtis of Washington D.C., guilty of murdering 29-year-old Amontae Cunningham.

Curtis stabbed and killed Cunningham after an argument on a Metro Transit Bus in Wheaton on April 5, 2023, at around 12:30 p.m.

Curtis followed Cunningham off the bus when it stopped in front of 11304 Amherst Ave.

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Cunningham was stabbed once in the upper torso.

The incident was caught on surveillance cameras on the bus.

“This was a verbal altercation between strangers that the defendant senselessly escalated. There was zero justification for the use of a deadly weapon, and he will pay the consequences. We express our heartfelt condolences to the family of Amontae Cunningham and thank Assistant State’s Attorneys Thea Zumwalt and Caitlin Murphy for the successful prosecution of this case,” said State’s Attorney John McCarthy.

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