Document: Arrest Made in Homicide

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

On Aug. 14 at approximately 1:11 p.m. police responded to the 500 block of Irving Street, NW, due to a report of a shooting. Police located 18-year-old Talaya Campbell with gunshot wounds and pronounced her dead on scene, according to the press release.

On Aug. 14 police issued a warrant for 21-year-old Jereal Booker, according to the press release.

Booker was arrested on Aug. 15 and charged with second-degree murder while armed. Police investigation revealed that the offense was domestic in nature, according to the press release.