The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch, with the help of the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force, arrested and charged 21-year-old Jamari Payne with second-degree murder for his alleged involvement in a homicide that occurred on Sept. 22, 2022, on the 3000 block of Adams Street, NE.
According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting, where they located an adult male shooting victim with no signs consistent with life.
The victim was identified as 57-year-old Bacilio Villatoro.
On Dec. 23, 2022, Payne was arrested in Harrisburg, PA, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant.
Payne was transported to MPD’s Homicide Branch on Aug. 15.
