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By
D.C. Witness Staff
- August 17, 2017
Court
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Homicides
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Suspects
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Editors Note: The defendant in this case has since been acquitted on all counts.
Police have announced the arrest of a man charged with a July murder.
DeWayne Shorter Jr. was charged with first-degree murder while armed for allegedly shooting Daniel Shelton Parker last month.
Parker, 38, was found in the 2000 block of Fairlawn Ave. SE, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead on the scene.
Shorter is expected to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon.