Document: Teen Arrested for a Homicide

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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch announced a 17-year-old male was arrested for a homicide that occurred on Nov. 3 on the corner of 14th Street and Fairmont Street, NW.

According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of sounds of gunshots. Upon arrival, they located a juvenile male with gunshot wound injuries. He was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

He was identified as 14-year-old Niko Estep.

A second juvenile victim was located on the 1400 block of Fairmont Street, NW, conscious and breathing. He was transported to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

On Nov. 9, MPD arrested and charged 17-year-old Lorenzo Thompson with second-degree murder. Thompson is being charged as an adult under Title 16.

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