Document: Two Arrests Made in November Homicide

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Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrested Nov. 21 a second suspect involved in a fatal stabbing in Northeast DC.

According to a press release, police arrested 29-year-old Donnell Mills and charged him with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly stabbing 38 year-old Jelani Mohammed on the 1500 block of Benning Road, NE on Nov. 8.

Police also arrested Dale Thomas, 28, on Nov. 9 and charged him with first-degree murder while armed as well.

Mills and Thomas are scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 11.