Document: Police Arrest Suspect in 14th Street, NW Homicide

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On July 27, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrested Alton Rivers for the fatal stabbing of Anthony Anderson on the 3600 block of 14th Street, NW.

According to a press release, an off-duty officer witnessed the assault and intervened in the altercation.  However, Anderson, 68, who sustained multiple stab wounds, succumbed to his injuries at an area hospital.

Rivers, 54, is charged with second-degree murder while armed.