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Teenage Homicide: DC Police Arrest 18-Year-Old For 17-Year-Old's Murder
D.C. police arrested a suspect on Tuesday, August 9, for the murder of a 17-year-old, officials said.
On July 9 at around 5:30 p.m., police responded to the 3500 block of Hayes Street to find Damari Wright, 17, suffering from gunshot wounds, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.
Wright showed no signs of life and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities reported.
On August 9, law enforcement located and arrested the suspect, 18-year-old Marquelle Hodges, police said.
He was charged with second degree murder while armed, but the incident remains under investigation, a…
DC Teen Charged For Series Of Armed Robberies During 10-Day Spree
A D.C. teen pleaded guilty August 8 to charges related to a string of armed robberies he commit over a 10-day period, officials said.
Mekhi Truesdale, 19, an accomplice allegedly robbed a woman, of her phone and money, at gunpoint in October 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Truesdale and an accomplice then carried out another robbery in November of 2020 and stole items like phones, wallets, and keys of a man and woman, authorities reported.
Three men aside from Truesdale pleaded guilty to charges related to the string of robberies, the Attorney's Office said.
Truesdale was a…
DC Cyclist Fatally Hit By Truck On Way To Government Job
A woman riding her bike was struck and killed by a commercial truck in D.C. while on her way to her government job, police said.Shawn O'Donnell, 40, was riding near the George Washington University campus around 8 a.m. Wednesday, July 20, when a Mack truck made a turn into her and they collided, the Metropolitan Police Department reported.
Despite life-saving efforts, O'Donnell died in a nearby hospital, police said.
O'Donnell's death marks the second time in less than a week that a cyclist died while riding in D.C., according to NBC4.
On Friday, 65-year-old Michael Gordon was …
