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Man charged with murder in shooting in Northeast D.C. Man charged with murder in shooting in Northeast D.C.
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A man was charged with murder Monday in a shooting in Northeast Washington that occurred about two weeks ago, police said Tuesday. Police announced arrests Tuesday in four homicides in the District.
On Dec. 19, officers responded to the 3900 block of Minnesota Avenue NE after a shooting was reported, police said in a statement. They found 28-year-old Richard Washington, of Northeast, with a gunshot wound, and he was pronounced dead at a hospital, the statement said. Four men were charged with murder in four separate D.C. shootings.
Man fatally shot in Northeast Washington Police said 27-year-old Terrell Brent of Oxon Hill was arrested Tuesday in the shooting of 33-year-old Darrell Grays Jr. of Northeast Washington on June 28, 2015, in the 1600 block of E Street NE; 29-year-old Romiel Hightower of Arlington was arrested Monday in the shooting of 27-year-old Jamal Bandy, of no fixed address, on July 21 in the 1300 block of Congress Street SE; and 25-year-old Jerome Alexander, of no fixed address, was arrested Monday in the shooting of 28-year-old Richard Washington of Northeast Washington in the 3900 block of Minnesota Avenue NE on Dec. 19.
On Monday, police arrested 25-year-old Jerome Alexander, of no fixed address, in the shooting. He was charged with first-degree murder while armed. Police also said 43-year-old Diantre Smith of Northeast Washington — a man who allegedly shot an officer wearing a protective vest during a confrontation at a Northeast Washington home Sunday — was arrested Monday in the shooting of 28-year-old Nyesha Lenea Galloway of Hyattsville.
According to tracking by The Washington Post, there have been 167 homicides in the District in 2019, up 4 percent compared with last year. No further details about the suspects or the circumstances of the killings were immediately available.
According to tracking by The Washington Post, there have been 166 homicides in the District in 2019, up 4 percent compared with last year.
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