PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. — A Maryland man was sentenced to life in prison after the death of the star UDC student athlete Dorian Hurd in 2021.
Tevin Ream was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison plus 38 years.
Prince George’s County State Attorney Aisha Braveboy is calling this “one of the most significant sentencing received in this courthouse” in Upper Marlboro.
“Such a violent act against a young man or young kid as we like to call him," Braveboy said. "There’s no other choice but for us to seek the maximum penalty.”
Braveboy noted having no sympathy for Ream and his lengthy criminal history.
“The life plus 38 years sentence will insure that he will never walk the streets of Prince George’s County or anywhere else and that is appropriate," Braveboy said. "This individual had a history a violence of disobeying court orders.”
Emotions are high for Tara Faunteroy as she and the rest of her family still process the death of Hurd.
“The judge, he absolutely delivered exactly what we wanted, is that he never ever comes out," Faunteroy said. "The community did not need a person like that.”
WUSA9 spoke with the family one on one and they said this doesn’t bring their son back but it does bring them a little bit of peace.
The 20-year-old UDC redshirt freshman basketball star was shot and killed by Ream in Marlow heights back in March 2021. Faunteroy said her son was just about to have his breakout year when his life was taken.
“He literally just walked over to him like a crazy person off the street and shot him, completely unprovoked," Faunteroy said.
“When this happened to us we kind of lost faith a little bit," Joe Faunteroy, Hurd's father, said. "We kind of wanted to give up ourselves but the efforts of the State's Attorney’s Office, the county, officer Hayes it’s restored a lot of faith in us.”
Friday, Hurd's loved ones felt a sense of relief.
“My family is suffering," Faunteroy said. "This is really, really hard. I just thank everybody that helped to make this happen.”
His family spoke more about their son being a good guy who could light up a room. He was a son, twin-brother and friend, his death had a huge impact on the community.
Hurd's family says there's still no answers as to why Ream did this during the trial but now they're focused on still processing that Dorian is gone.
“The beginning of a new door, that we have to now actually grieve," Faunteroy said. "We have no grieved, we have not had a chance to actually sit down and give into how we feel. It’s completely surreal, none of this is real. I still cannot believe this happened I still cannot believe he’s gone. We wait for him to come through the door everyday.”
Faunteroy said they are a tight knit family and they miss him every day.