Document: Suspect Wanted in Connection with Homicide Apprehended

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A suspect was apprehended in connection to a homicide that took place on May 11.

At about 3:51 a.m., Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers responded to the 1500 block of Maryland Avenue, NE, due to reports of an unconscious person. Detectives found 43-year-old Kareem Elliot Watkins and pronounced him dead on scene.

Byron Books, 35, has been apprehended in Georgia and is awaiting extradition.

Tory Lysik wrote this article.

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