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- June 11, 2021
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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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