Document: Police Arrest Suspect in Shaw Homicide

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The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Nov. 26 a man who allegedly beat a man to death in Shaw.

Police charged 24-year-old William Alexander Marrouquin Gallardo with second-degree murder for allegedly assaulting  Noe Alberto Gallardo Ponce on the 1600 block of New Jersey Avenue, NW earlier that same day.

Ponce, 22, was found inside a residence unconscious and unresponsive, according to a press release. He was pronounced dead at an area hospital. According to the Washington Post, the police have not established a motive for the attack.

Gallardo is being held without bond and scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 4.