The long-running case over a deadly shooting at a north Charlotte ATM reached its final chapter on Tuesday in Mecklenburg County Superior Court, where the last remaining defendant was sentenced. Bricard Washington received a prison term of 233 to 292 months, roughly 19½ to 24 years behind bars, after pleading guilty in the 2020 shooting that left a woman dead at a shopping center ATM on West Sugar Creek Road.
According to Queen City News, Superior Court Judge Matt Osman imposed the term after Washington pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The outlet reports that the 233 to 292 month range marks the final custodial sentence in a case that stretched across multiple defendants and years.
A Routine ATM Stop Turns Deadly
The shooting unfolded just after 5 p.m. on July 21, 2020, in the parking lot of a shopping center off West Sugar Creek Road, police said, as reported by WBTV. Local coverage at the time identified the victim as 27-year-old Katie Eckerd and described witnesses helping officers locate and stop the suspects, per WCCB.
Co-defendants And The Court Timeline
Court documents indicate a juvenile co defendant fired a single shot toward the backseat where the victim was sitting, striking her just below the collarbone. She was taken to a hospital and later died, according to Queen City News. That report also notes the juvenile later died before his case was resolved and that Marquez Williamson, who was arrested alongside Washington in 2020, was previously convicted on charges tied to the incident.
Case Finally Closes For Prosecutors
With Washington’s plea and sentence, prosecutors have now closed the legal chapter for the final defendant in the ATM killing that began in July 2020. Local reporting at the time documented the arrests of Washington, Williamson and a juvenile, and followed the early investigation that led to the charges, as detailed by WBTV.
Legal Note
Washington resolved his case by pleading guilty to second degree murder and accepting the prison term imposed by Judge Osman. Because one juvenile co defendant died before disposition and other co defendants pursued separate outcomes, the overall prosecution concluded through a mix of pleas and convictions across the different defendants.
