Document: Police Arrest Man Connected to August Murder

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Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrested a man Nov. 18 who was wanted in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred during the summer.

According to a press release, police arrested 26-year-old Melvin Simmons. Simmons, a resident of Temple Hills, Md., is charged with first-degree murder while armed for the death of 28-year-old Ronald Brown on the 3400 block of 18^th Street, SE on August 22.

Brown, who was a resident of Southeast, DC, died on the scene.

Simmons is awaiting his first DC Superior Courts hearing in connection to the charge.

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