Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch announced an arrest has been made in reference to a homicide that occurred on Saturday, October 20, 2018, in the 3500 block of Wheeler Road, Southeast.
At approximately 1:57 pm, members of the Seventh District responded to the listed location for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, members located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services were summoned 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 19 year-old Malik McCloud, of Southeast, DC.
On Thursday, December 5, 2019, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, members of the Seventh District's Crime Suppression Team arrested 26 year-old Tony Eugene Morgan, of Capital Heights, MD. Morgan has been charged with First Degree Murder while Armed.