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Bersabel Ephrem [former]
- August 23, 2022
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Metropolitan Police Department detectives made an arrest in connection to a homicide that occurred on Nov. 24, 2021, on the 2300 block of Chester Street, SE.
At approximately 12:47 p.m., officers located 1-year-old Legend Wheeler unconscious, suffering from an apparent accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound from 23-year-old JD Wheeler’s firearm, according to a press release. The victim was pronounced dead.
On Aug. 23, JD Wheeler was arrested and charged with second degree murder.
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