Document: MPD Arrests Suspect in Northeast Homicide

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced that an arrest has been made in relation to a recent homicide in Northeast.

On Monday, September 2, 2024, MPD received calls around 1:19 a.m. reporting the sound of gunshots in the 2800 block of 7th Street, Northeast. Upon arrival at the scene, officers found a man with gunshot wounds, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim has been identified as Townsend Reginald Sowell, a 46-year-old resident of Northeast.

An arrest was made on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. The Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 32-year-old Bryant Nelson of Temple Hills, Maryland. Nelson was transported to the Homicide Branch and, following a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, has been charged with first-degree murder while armed (Premeditated).