The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announces the arrest of a suspect in a homicide that occurred in Northeast.
On Sunday, May 24, 2026, at approximately 4:33 p.m., Sixth District officers responded to the report of an unconscious person in the 3300 block of East Capitol Street, Northeast. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male victim who was unconscious but breathing and suffering from severe injuries. DC Fire and EMS responded and transported the victim to a local hospital. Despite all lifesaving efforts, the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead on Friday, May 29, 2026.
The victim was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. On Wednesday, June 3, 2026, an autopsy determined the victim’s cause of death was the result of multiple blunt force injuries. The death was ruled a homicide and the detectives’ investigation established that the offense occurred at a residence in the 3600 block of Jay Street, Northeast.
The victim has been identified as 35-year-old Dalonte Lamont Jackson, of Northeast, DC.
On Tuesday, June 16, 2026, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, local authorities of Jackson, NC, arrested 35-year-old Maurice Pierre Hawley, of Northwest, DC. Hawley began the extradition process to be returned to Washington DC.
On Tuesday, June 30, 2026, Hawley was extradited to the custody of the MPD Fugitive Unit and transported to the Homicide Branch where he was formally charged, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, with First Degree Murder.
The Metropolitan Police Department would like to thank the United States Marshals Service and the North Carolina Marshal Fugitive Task Force for their help with locating and arresting the suspect in North Carolina.
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