Document: Homicide on the 600 block of Parkland Place, SE

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) detectives are investigating a homicide that occurred on Oct. 7.

At approximately 7:25 a.m. officers responded to the 600 block of Parkland Place, SE. Upon arrival, police located 41-year-old Talaya Wright with stab wounds. She was transferred to a local hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries, according to the press release.

Waynice Ellis, 29, was apprehended at the scene and charged with second-degree murder while armed., according to the press release.