Document: Arrest Made in Southeast Homicide

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Metropolitan Police Department detectives made an arrest in a homicide that occurred on Jan. 15, on the 200 block of 37th Street, SE.

According to a press release, at about 7:25 pm, officers located 53-year-old James Brooks suffering from apparent puncture wounds from a stabbing. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

On Jan. 16, 45-year-old Sherman Holley was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed.

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