Document: Arrest Made in a Homicide

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives made an arrest in connection to a homicide that occurred on Oct. 10, on the 600 block of Southern Avenue, SE.

According to a press release, at about 5:15 pm, officers located 55-year-old Mark Carter unconscious and barely breathing. On Oct. 15, the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma.

On Dec. 7, 32-year-old Charles Robert Lewis, Jr. was charged with second-degree murder.

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