Document: Arrest Made in Homicide

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives have made an arrest in relation to a homicide that occurred on July 26.

At approximately 3:58 p.m. officers responded to the 600 block of Jefferson Street, NW, due to sounds of gunshots. Police found John Edmonds with gunshot wounds and transferred him to a hospital. Later on, Edmonds, 35, succumbed to his injuries, according to the press release.

On July 26 police arrested 23-year-old Treavon Johnson and charged him with second-degree murder while armed, according to the press release.

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