Document: Arrest Made in a Homicide

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives made an arrest in a homicide that occurred on May 30, on the 1700 block of Rhode Island Avenue, NW.

According to a press release, at about 4:30 am, officers located 29-year-old Christian Gabriel Monje suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

On June 16, he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.

On Dec. 6, 28-year-old James Carl Jackson was arrested and charged with first-degree murder while armed – felony murder.