WASHINGTON — One woman is dead and a suspect is in custody after a shooting in Northwest D.C. early Tuesday morning.
Around 1:25 a.m., officers with the Metropolitan Police Department's Third District responded to the 1400 Block of Fairmont Street, Northwest for the report of a shooting.
When officers arrived, they found a woman who had been shot.
DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to provide but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene.
She was then taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and later identified as 35-year-old Tierra Corbett, of Northwest, DC.
Later in the day, 31-year-old LaRhonda Stewart, of Southeast, D.C., was arrested and charged with second degree murder while armed in this case.
Police said that the victim and suspect were known to each other.
No other details have been provided.