Document: Arrest Made in Homicide

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officials have made an arrest in relation to a Nov. 8 homicide.

At approximately 8:20 p.m. officers responded to the 1600 block of R Street, SE, due to a report of an unconscious person. Upon arrival, officers located 41-year-old Dameon Yates unconscious and unresponsive with apparent lacerations. He was pronounced dead on scene, according to the press release.

On Nov. 9, officers arrested a juvenile male and charged him with second-degree murder while armed, according to the press release.

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