Document: Arrest Made in a Northeast Fatal Shooting

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch announced an arrest has been made in connection to a shooting that killed a man on Nov. 12 on the 700 block of 16th Street, NE.

According to MPD documents, officers were responding to a report of the sounds of gunshots, when they were flagged down and directed to the rear of the location. They located an adult male shooting victim inside of a vehicle. The victim succumbed to his injuries at the scene.

The victim was identified as 41-year-old Kelvin Hamlett.

During the on-scene investigation, a suspect was developed, and a lookout was broadcasted. MPD located and apprehended the suspect, who was found to be in possession of a handgun.

The suspect, identified as 46-year-old John Dickens II, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed.