Document: DC Police Arrest Man After Woman Killed, Short Barricade

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrested and charged 24-year-old Damion Brown with second-degree murder while armed for his alleged involvement in a shooting that left a woman dead on Sept. 9, on the 1200 block of Duncan Place, NE.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting, where they located 21-year-old Jordan Coates with injuries from gunshot wounds in front of an apartment building. She was transported to a local hospital, where she succumbed to his injuries.