Crime & Safety
2nd Degree Murder Charge In Fatal Stabbing Of Northeast Man
D.C. homicide detectives arrested a Northeast man in connection with the fatal stabbing of another man in the Benning area.
WASHINGTON, DC — Metropolitan Police Department homicide detectives arrested a Northeast man in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man Friday in Benning, according to a police release.
Around 11:56 p.m., officers from the Sixth District responded to the report of a stabbing in the 4000 block of Clay Place, N.E. They found an unconscious man inside a residence suffering from a stab wound. D.C. Fire and EMS transported the victim to a nearby hospital, but all life-saving efforts failed, and he was pronounced dead. Police identified the decedent as Cornell Mason, 33, of Northeast.
An investigation revealed the stabbing was domestic in nature.
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On Saturday, MPD arrested Phillip Humphrey, 44, of Northeast, and charged him with second degree murder.
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