Document: Police Make Arrest in Homicide

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The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Dec. 16 a suspect they believed is involved with the shooting death of a man in Northeast DC.

According to a press release, police arrested 45-year-old Maurice White. He is charged with first-degree murder while armed and assault with the intent to kill. White allegedly shot two men on Dec. 1, 2016, on the 1800 block of Capitol Avenue, NE. One of the men, 45-year-old Timothy Pretlow, was pronounced dead at a local hospital, while the other sustained non-life threatening injuries.

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