Authorities said bullet casings from the April shooting appear to be linked to two other homicide scenes in D.C. this year.
Police have arrested a 35-year-old suspect charged with fatally shooting a man in April in the Fairlawn neighborhood of Southeast Washington, according to authorities and court documents.of Dajuan Blakney, 32, as he sat on steps outside an apartment building in the 1500 block of 19th Street SE.
Fast, informative and written just for locals. Get The 7 DMV newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. Police said in an arrest warrant filed in D.C. Superior Court that the two men knew each other. The warrant quotes witnesses saying the men were engaged in a dispute but did not elaborate. Police said they arrested Hinkle on Saturday.
A D.C. Superior Court judge on Monday ordered Hinkle detained and set a hearing for Dec. 14. His attorney declined to comment. In the warrant, police said surveillance video shows a man with a rifle, whom authorities later identified as Hinkle, approaching Blakney shortly after midnight.Police said the video shows the two men appearing to exchange words and then shows the gunman lifting the rifle while walking toward Blakney. Police said Blakney started to stand as the gunman fired, striking the victim 1o times. Blakney died at the scene, police said.
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