Props to the Cops – Arrest Made in Homicide and Nearby Shooting Last Month in Petworth

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From MPD:

“On 12/23/14 around 6:30pm,, 21 year old Daniel Hinton was shot to death in the 900 block of Delafield Place, NW. Pursuant to the investigation conducted by MPD’s Homicide Branch, on January 7, 2015, 21 year old Darren Patterson of the 5000 block of 7th Street, NW, was arrested and charged with First Degree Murder While Armed.”

and

“On 12/14/14 in the rear alley of the 800 block of Emerson Street, NW, around 4:30PM, the victim was shot during a robbery. The victim survived his wounds. Based on the investigation conducted by the 4D Detectives Unit, an arrest warrant was obtained charging a 17 year old male with Assault with the Intent to Murder While Armed. On 1/7/15, the perpetrator was arrested and will be charged as an adult when he is presented in DC Superior Court tomorrow.

Great job by the 4D Detectives in obtaining an arrest warrant for the perpetrator and great job by the 4D patrol officers, searching high and low for him to get a violent offender off the streets.”