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- December 5, 2023
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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced a wanted suspect has been apprehended in connection to a homicide that killed a man on Nov. 16, on the 2200 block of New York Avenue, NE.
According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of a shooting, where they located a man with gunshot wound injuries. He was transported to a local hospital where he died.
The individual was identified as 38-year-old Carlos Javier-Blanco Fernandez.
On Dec. 4, members of the United States Marshals Task Force located and arrested 23-year-old Eliexander Lopez-Burgos in Colorado. Lopez-Burgos was wanted on a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, charging him with first-degree murder while armed. He will go through the extradition process and will be returned to DC, where he will face charges.