Suspect Wanted in Galveston Street Homicides

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The Metropolitan Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 33-year-old Alonzo Lewis.

Lewis is wanted on a DC Superior Court arrest warrant for first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting Jaquon Helm, 40, and Venius Badgett, 35, on the unit block of Galveston Street, SW on May 26.

Lewis is described as being a black man, who is 5 feet 7 inches tall, 180 pounds, with dark brown eyes and twists in his hair. Police said Lewis is considered armed and dangerous.

A reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this homicide or any other homicide in DC.