Document: Arrest Made in Homicide

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

On Nov. 15 at 9:34 a.m. officers responded to the unit block of 45th Street, NE, due to a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located 47-year-old Jamalijnanya Butler with gunshot wounds and pronounced him dead on scene, according to the press release.

Officers arrested 22-year-old Malik Williams and charged him with second-degree murder while armed, according to the press release.