Police Arrest Suspect In Foggy Bottom Fatal Stabbing

WASHINGTON, DC -- Metropolitan Police Department homicide detectives arrested a suspect in a fatal stabbing that occurred Tuesday in Foggy Bottom, according to a police release. They also identified the victim as Kevin Chamberlain, 48, of no fixed address.

On Jan. 14, at about 2:35 p.m., officers from the Second District responded to the report of a stabbing in the 2400 block of Virginia Avenue, N.W. Arriving on the scene, they found Chamberlain suffering from multiple stab wounds. D.C. Fire and EMS transported Chamberlain to an area hospital to be treated for life threatening injuries, but all efforts to save him failed. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

As they conducted their investigation, officers realized the suspect was also the aggressor in an Assault with Intent to Kill (Knife) offense that occurred the same day at about 12:37 p.m., in the 800 block of Vermont Avenue, N.W.

Police arrested Joseph Melton, 51, of Southeast, and charged him with First Degree Murder while Armed and Assault with Intent to Kill (Knife).