Document: MPD Arrests Man for Shooting in Northeast

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced the arrest of an individual in connection to a shooting that left a woman critically injured on June 4 on the 1800 block of West Virginia Avenue, NE.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of sounds of gunshots. There, they located a woman inside of a crashed vehicle with a gunshot wound. She was transported to a local hospital for treatment of life-threatening injuries.

As a result of the detectives’ investigation, 40-year-old Israel Beairs was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill while armed.