WASHINGTON — Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Branch have arrested a man in connection to a double shooting in Southeast, that left one man dead.
On Thursday, 21-year-old Maleek Thomas was arrested and charged with First Degree Murder while Armed.
On October 30, 2023 police received calls of a shooting. When they arrived at the 4300 block of Halley Terrace, Southeast, D.C. while responding to the scene, officers were flagged down on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave and discovered a man with gunshot wounds. Officers transported the man to the hospital in stable condition.
Later that evening, a second man walked in the hospital with gunshot wounds. Medical staff did everything they could but, despite their efforts he died from his injuries. The second victim was identified as 23-year-old Melvin Dock Jr. of Southeast.
At this time, police have not released information about Thomas' first court appearance.
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