Document: Arrest Made in a Shooting that Left a Woman Dead

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch announced an arrest was made in connection to a shooting that killed a woman on Nov. 14 on the 1900 block of Minnesota Avenue, SE.

According to MPD documents, officers were flagged down at the location for the report of a shooting, when they arrived they located a woman with gunshot wound injuries. The woman was transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

The victim was identified as 26-year-old Nakysia Rachael Lemon-Williams.

On Dec. 20, 24-year-old Yazmin Owens was arrested and charged with first-degree premeditated murder while armed.

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