Crime & Safety
Murder Charge Filed In 2015 Fatal Shooting Of Alexandria Man: Police
D.C. homicide detectives arrested a suspect in connection with the 2015 fatal shooting of 50-year-old Pedro Melendez Alvarado of Alexandria.
WASHINGTON, DC — Oscar Ramos, 32, of no fixed address was arrested Wednesday in connection with the 2015 fatal shooting of 50-year-old Pedro Melendez Alvarado of Alexandria, according to a police release.
Alvarado and another man were found by police suffering from gunshot wounds around 8:15 a.m, on May 28, 2015 at Exit 1 of northbound DC-295. Metropolitan Police Department officers had responded to the location in Anacostia for the report of a shooting.
D.C. Fire and EMS transported the two men to the hospital for treatment, but Alvarado later died from his injuries, according to police.
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Homicide detectives charged Ramos on Wednesday with first degree murder while armed.
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