Arrests made in two D.C. fatal shootings
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Version 0 of 1. D.C. police on Friday arrested a man in the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old man in Southeast Washington in September, authorities said. Nathaniel Beasley, 24, who was not listed as having a fixed address, was charged with second-degree murder while armed. Police said he was arrested on a warrant. Beasley is charged in the Sept. 19 shooting of Deontray Ingram of Southeast. Police said Ingram was found a few minutes after 4 a.m. in the 2400 block of Elvans Road and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police did not describe a motive for the shooting. The arrest affidavit was not available Friday because Beasley had not yet made his initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court. — Peter Hermann D.C. police have arrested a man in connection with the shooting death four years ago of a 37-year-old gas station attendant in Southeast Washington who authorities said was gunned down during a robbery when he tried to call 911. The man was 14 at the time, police said Friday, and is being charged as a juvenile with murder. His name is not being released because he is considered a youthful offender. The victim, Mohammed Mukta Abduselam, moved from Ethiopia to the Washington area in 2007. Lt. Sean Conboy, a D.C. police spokesman, said tips from residents and DNA were used to build the case after the fatal shooting, which occurred about 8:30 p.m. on Oct. 17, 2011, at the King Gas Station in the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE in Congress Heights. — Peter Hermann A young woman found dead by a jogger Friday morning along a trail in Prince George’s County had suffered trauma to her upper body, police said. The body had not been identified as of Friday evening, and a cause of death is to be determined by the Maryland medical examiner’s office. But Capt. Stanley Johnson, of the Maryland National Capitol Park Police, said the death “does not appear to be an accident.” Police said the body of the woman — believed to be Hispanic in her 20s or early 30s — was found about 7:20 a.m. along the Northwest Trail near Ager Road and East-West Highway in Hyattsville. Johnson said the body was clothed and was near the popular hiking and biking trail. “When the man jogged by, he could clearly see her,” Johnson said. — Peter Hermann |