Police Arrest Suspect in Fatal Stabbing

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Officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrested April 30 Marquette Jordan hours after he allegedly stabbed 58-year-old Ivan Lynch, a resident of Hyattsville, Md., on the 900 block of 5th Street, SE.

Jordan, 26, is charged with second-degree murder while armed.

The Washington Post reports that there have been 40 homicides in D.C. in 2018. According to D.C. Witness data, there have been 42 homicides in the city as of April 30.

Read the Post article here.