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Maryland Woman, 18, First 2024 Murder Victim In DC, Police Say
Police investigators in Washington, DC have apprehended a man wanted in connection to the first homicide of 2024 after a woman was found shot to death inside an area hotel.
Jelani Cousin, 18, has been charged with second-degree murder while armed for his alleged role in the fatal shooting of Clinton, Maryland resident Ashlei Hinds, 18, in the Embassy Suites on Military Road NW on New Year's Day.
Embassy Suites on Military Road Northwest in the Friendship Heights neighborhood
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The shooting was reported shortly after 1:15 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1 in the 4300 block…