DC man arrested in California for fatal shooting

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said a man was arrested in California for shooting and killing another man in D.C.

MPD said that officers responded to the 900 block of Shepherd St. NW just after 2:40 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 12 after gunshots were heard there.

Officers found 32-year-old Jeremy Dewayne Johnson of Southeast D.C., who had been shot.

MPD said that he died there.

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On Saturday, officials with the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office in California arrested 37-year-old Kyle Britton of Southeast, D.C., in Millbrae, California.

Officials arrested him on a warrant from the D.C. Superior Court that charged him with second-degree murder while armed.

MPD said that Britton would be extradited and returned to D.C. to face charges.

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