Tevin Ream: Maryland man gets life for 'heinous and senseless' killing of promising basketball player

PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, MARYLAND: A Maryland man has been given a life sentence for the 'senseless' killing of a promising basketball player in 2021. Tevin Ream was found guilty and given the life sentence plus an additional 38 years in prison for the death of Dorian Hurd, a standout student athlete at UDC.

This sentence is "one of the most significant sentencings received in this courthouse," according to State Attorney for Prince George's County, Aisha Braveboy.

Judge dubs crime as 'heinous and senseless'

“You committed the most heinous, senseless act I’ve ever seen,” Prince George’s County Circuit Court Judge Lawrence V Hill Jr said as he sentenced Ream, The Washington Post reported. “To me, you should never be back in the community.”

The case's prosecutor, Thea Zumwalt, argued in favor of a life sentence plus 35 years. According to Zumwalt, Ream has a ten-year criminal history of entering and leaving jail for weapons-related offenses, but he has consistently violated his probation by carrying a gun.

Charge sheets state that on March 18, 2021, just before 6:00 in the evening, Hurd got a tattoo at a shop in a commercial strip mall in the Temple Hills neighborhood, according to the police.

Ream and Hurd were captured on camera walking past each other outside without exchanging words.

Ream then shot Hurd six times. According to the charging documents, patrol officers discovered Hurd suffering from a gunshot wound to the head after hearing the gunshots.

Ream ran to a nearby laundromat and tried to conceal a Springfield 9mm handgun under a clothes rack, but as he was leaving, he was caught by police. 

“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.”  

WUSA90 stated that Braveboy said he didn't feel sorry for Ream because of his long criminal past.

“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.”

Dorian Hurd's mother grieving death of her son

Tara Faunteroy, the mother of the victim, is experiencing intense emotions as she and her family continue to deal with Hurd's death.

“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.”

In March 2021, Ream shot and killed the 20-year-old basketball star who was a redshirt freshman at UDC in Marlow Heights. According to Faunteroy, her son's life was taken just as he was about to have his breakthrough year.

“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.”

“My family is suffering," Faunteroy said. "This is really, really hard. I just thank everybody that helped to make this happen.”

According to Faunteroy, his family is a close-knit one and they miss him daily.

More was said by Hurd's family about their son's goodness and ability to brighten any space. His demise had a profound effect on the neighborhood; he was a friend, twin brother, and son.

Hurd's family claims they are still processing Dorian's death and have no idea why Ream acted in this way during the trial.

“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.”