Document: Suspect Arrested in Connection with Teenager’s Death

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A suspect has been arrested in connection with a homicide that happened on Nov. 7 of last year.

At around 2:56 a.m., officers responded to the the 3300 block of Water Street, NW for the sounds of gunshots. There, they found 19 year-old Franklin Hernandez Arevalo suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead on scene.

On April 19, 20 year-old Roberto Cayetano-Mejia was arrested for second-degree murder while armed.