Document: Suspect Arrested, Charged With Murder

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A suspect has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed in a homicide that detectives believe was domestic in nature.

At approximately 11:16 a.m. on Feb. 5, officers responded to the report of an unconscious person. They found 32-year-old Passion Pleasant on Southbound 295 near East Capitol Street, SE, laying on the ground near a vehicle. She was suffering from stab wounds. Pleasant was pronounced dead on scene and an autopsy the following day determined the cause of death to be gunshot wounds, according to a press release.

Gregory Johnson, 30, was arrested on Feb. 5.