Abdul Muzakir

The gunman who killed WHUR reporter Maurice Williams, wounded then-D.C. Council member Marion Barry and shot security guard Mark Cantrell in the Hanafi Siege of 1977 was granted compassionate release from prison.

The gunman who killed WHUR reporter Maurice Williams, wounded then-D.C. Council member Marion Barry and shot security guard Mark Cantrell in the Hanafi Siege of 1977 was granted compassionate release from prison. More than 40 years ago, Abdul Muzikir was one of 12 gunmen who seized three buildings in downtown Washington, D.C. and held 149 hostages over two days. The…