METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
Peter Newsham

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Dustin Sternbeck

Chief of Police

Director

NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Public Information Office: 202- 727-4383

October 25, 2017

Second Arrest Made in a Homicide Offense:
2200 Block of Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, Southeast
(Washington, DC) - Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Branch
announced that a second arrest has been made in a Homicide offense that occurred on Sunday,
October 8, 2017, in the 2200 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southeast.
At approximately 3:50 am, Seventh District officers were flagged down in the 1300 block of
Good Hope Road, Southeast, regarding a shooting at the listed location. While responding,
officers located a shooting victim inside a vehicle. The victim was transported to an area
hospital where all lifesaving efforts failed and the victim was pronounced dead.
The decedent has been identified as 25 year-old Omar Earl Rodgers, of Southeast, DC.
On Friday, October 20, 2017, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, an adult male was
arrested and charged with First Degree Murder While Armed.
On Wednesday, October 25, 2017, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, 22 year-old
Khalil Davis, of Southeast, DC, was arrested and charged with First Degree Murder While
Armed.
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