Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch announced an arrest has been made in reference to a homicide that that occurred on Sunday, May 26, 2019, in the 2700 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast.
At approximately 5:40 pm, members of the Seventh District responded to the listed location for the report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, members located an unconscious adult male victim, suffering from laceration wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and transported the victim to a local hospital. After all lifesaving efforts failed, the victim was pronounced dead.
The decedent has been identified as 44 year-old Michael Hooker, of Southeast, DC.
On Monday, June 3, 2019, 35 year-old Travis Russell, of Southeast, DC, was arrested and charged with First Degree Murder while Armed.