DC Police Charge Southeast Man In Fatal Shooting Case

WASHINGTON, DC — Homicide detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department arrested a suspect in connection with the Wednesday fatal shooting of a Maryland man, according to a police release. Police identified the deceased victim as Henry Hackett, 39, of Suitland.

Officers from the Seventh District were dispatched around 10:26 p.m., to the 2700 block of Langston Place, S.E., for the report of a shooting. Arriving on the scene, they found Hackett, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. D.C. Fire and EMS transported him to a local hospital, but all life-saving efforts failed and he was pronounced dead.

Acting on a D.C. Superior Court arrest warrant, police arrested Raymond Davis, 46, of Southeast, and charged him with second degree murder while armed.