Document: Arrest Made in Homicide on 50th Street, NE

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Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrested June 21 Eric Maurice Smith as a suspect for Rondell Wills murder.

Smith, 19, is being charged with first-degree murder while armed. According to court documents, Smith allegedly shot Wills, 38, on the 200 block of 50th Street, NE near the Kelly Miller Recreation Center on May 3.

The teenager, who resided in Suitland, Md., is scheduled for an arraignment on June 22 at 1p.m.