Document: Suspect Wanted in Mass Shooting

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The Metropolitan Police Department that an arrest warrant has been filed for mass shooting suspect.

On officers responded to the 4400 block of Connecticut Avenue, NW, on Jan 27 due to a report of a shooting inside a hotel. Upon arrival, they located three adult females with gunshot wounds and transported them to a local hospital. One of them, 20-year-old Dasha Cleary, later succumbed to her injuries. Two adult males also arrived at a local hospital for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, according to the press release.

The MPD announced an arrest was filed for 18-year-old Gerald Thomas for second-degree murder while armed, according to the press release.

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