Document: Arrest Made in the Shooting Death of an 18-Year-Old Woman in Northwest

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced an arrest was made in connection to a shooting that killed a woman on Jan. 1 on the 4300 block of Military Road, NW.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting, where they located 18-year-old Ashlei Hinds inside a hotel room with gunshot wound injuries. She died at the scene.

On Jan. 2, as a result of an investigation, 18-year-old Jelani Cousin was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed.

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