Document: DC Homicide Suspect Apprehended in Arizona

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The Metropolitan Police Department announced that a homicide suspect has been arrested in Arizona.

At approximately 8:50 p.m. on March 23, 2021, officers responded to the 1500 block of Ogden Street, NW, due to a report of an unconscious person. Upon arrival, officers located 38-year-old Ramon Gomez-Yanez on a sidewalk, unresponsive and unconscious. An autopsy later revealed that the cause of death was blunt force trauma and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the press release.

On May 13, the U.S. Border Patrol in Douglas, Arizona, apprehended 24-year-old Alvin Cruz-Garcia in relation to the homicide.

On June 7, Cruz-Garcia was charged with second-degree murder while armed, according to the press release.