Document: Suspect Arrested in Connection with Carver/Langston Homicide

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Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrested a suspect in connection with a Dec. 11 homicide.

At around 3:58 p.m., officers responded to the the intersection of 21st Street and Benning Road, NE.

There, they found 35 year-old Antoine Pierce, of District Heights, Md., inside a vehicle, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead on scene.

On Dec. 12, 26 year-old Jamall Thornton was arrested for second-degree murder while armed.

The case remains under investigation.

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