Washington, D.C. – Detectives have apprehended a second suspect involved in a double fatal shooting in Southeast from March 2023.
On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at approximately 7:44 p.m., Seventh District officers responded to the 2700 block of Bruce Place, Southeast, following reports of a shooting. Officers discovered two men with gunshot wounds. Dana Faulkner, 23, of Southeast, died at the scene. The second victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Shortly after, officers were called to the intersection of Wheeler Road and Mississippi Avenue, Southeast, for reports of an unconscious person. They found 15-year-old Abdul Fuller, of Southeast, with critical gunshot wounds. Fuller died on March 9, 2023. Investigations revealed he was injured in the Bruce Place shooting.
On December 21, 2023, the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested a 19-year-old man from Northeast, charging him with First Degree Murder while Armed (Premeditated).
On Tuesday, members of the Florida and Caribbean Fugitive Task Force apprehended a 17-year-old male from Northeast in Jacksonville, FL. He faces the same charge and will be extradited to the District of Columbia.