A man has been found guilty of murder for fatally stabbing a man after getting off a Metrobus in Wheaton last year.
Tyrone Curtis, 35, of Washington, D.C., was convicted last week of first-degree murder for killing 29-year-old Amontae Cunningham, according to the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office (MCSAO).
Curtis faces up to life in prison, according to MCSAO, and a sentencing hearing is set for April 5.
According to MCSAO, Curtis and Cunningham got into a verbal altercation on a Metrobus in Wheaton in April 2023. Cunningham got off the bus on Amherst Avenue and Curtis followed him, then stabbed Cunningham in the upper torso. Surveillance cameras on the bus captured the incident, MCSAO stated.
In a written statement, Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy said, “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.”
