Suspect in Fatal Shooting Near Shaw Metro Turns Himself In: Report

A 19-year old DC resident who police were looking for in connection with the fatal shooting Saturday outside the Shaw Metro Station has turned himself in, according to a report by The Washington Post.

Marcus King turned himself in early Friday, according to the report. King has been charged with second-degree murder in the case.

The shooting, which occurred around 4:45 p.m. Saturday in the 1800 block of 7th Street Northwest, is being considered a homicide, according to the police. The victim was identified as Matthew Castro Shlonsky, 23, of Northeast, D.C., an American University graduate student. Shlonsky, of Lyndhurst, Ohio, was getting out of a cab on his way to meet friends and police say he was caught in a drive-by shooting crossfire.

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating the homicide that occurred in the 1800 block of Seventh Street, Northwest on Saturday at approximately 4:50 p.m.

Third District officers responding to a call for a shooting located an adult male victim suffering from a gunshot wound in the block, unconscious and unresponsive. The victim was transported to an area hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries, police said. The decedent was later transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Detectives were seeking a burgundy Chrysler 300, with a Maryland registration, which was later found. The vehicle was observed fleeing the area of the offense.

Anyone with further information is asked to call police at (202) 727.9099.

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411.

PHOTO of Marcus King courtesy of DC Police