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- January 5, 2024
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The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced a wanted suspect has been extradited and charged in connection to a homicide that occurred on Nov. 16, 2023, 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 victim was identified as 38-year-old Carlos Javier-Blanco Fernandez.
On Dec. 4, pursuant to an arrest warrant, 23-year-old Eliexander Lopez-Burgos was arrested in Glendale, Colorado.
On Jan. 4, Lopez-Burgos was returned to the District, and was charged with first-degree murder while armed premeditated.