On Jan. 15, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested a 61 year-old man in connection to two homicides involving a fire on the 700 block of Kennedy Street, NW.
According to a press release, James Walker, a resident of Baltimore, Md., was charged for this incident, which took place on Aug. 18 this past year, and had previously been indicted on two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of involuntary manslaughter.
The victims, 40 year-old Fitsum Getachew Kebede and nine-year-old Yafet Solomen, residents of Northwest, DC, were both transported to the area hospital with life threatening injuries. Kebede succumbed to his injuries on the same day, and Solomen on Aug. 20 2019.
Walker is scheduled for a felony arraignment on Jan. 28, and an ascertainment of council on Feb. 18, according to DC Courts.
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