The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced the arrest of 17-year-old Kyree Young, who is alleged to have been involved in a fatal hit and run on May 7 at the intersection of 12th and U Streets, NW. The victim, identified as 55-year-old Donnel Bracket Phillips, was struck by a white Hyundai Santa Fe while in a marked crosswalk and later died from his injuries. Young has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder while armed.
