The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced the arrest of a suspect in connection with a fatal shooting in Northeast.
On July 12, 2024, around 2:52 a.m., the Fifth District of the MPD had responded to reports of a shooting incident at the 1500 block of Benning Road, Northeast. Upon arrival, the officers found a male victim who had suffered a gunshot wound. The DC Fire and EMS team was dispatched on the scene and upon determining the signs of no life, the man was declared dead on scene.
The victim of the shooting incident was identified as 26-year-old Danzell Hall, a resident of Northeast, DC.
On August 20, 2024, the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force successfully located and arrested the suspect identified as 41-year-old Michael Grayton, also from Northeast, DC. Grayton was transported to the Homicide Branch where he was formally charged according to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant with First Degree Murder while Armed (Premeditated).
