Document: Police Arrest Suspect for Murder

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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of 30 year-old Anthony Orr.

At around 9:23 a.m. on Dec. 7, officers responded to the 400 block of Xenia Street, SE for the report of a person down.

There, they found Orr suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital, but was ultimately pronounced dead.

On Jan. 14, 28 year-old Dennis Chase was taken to the homicide branch and charged with second-degree murder while armed.

At the time of his arrest, Chase was under supervision with the Pretrial Services Agency (PSA) and the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA.) He has an arrest history that includes charges of assault on a police officer, possession of an unregistered firearm, possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device and possession of unregistered ammunition.

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