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

November 9, 2017

Arrest Made in a Homicide: 5400 Block of Georgia Avenue,
Northwest
(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch
have announced an arrest has been made in a fatal shooting that occurred in the 5400 block of
Georgia Avenue, Northwest, on Wednesday, November 8, 2017.
At approximately 11:52 pm, members of the Fourth District responded to the area for the sounds
of gunshots. Upon arrival, they discovered an adult male suffering from multiple gunshot
wounds inside of an establishment. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene and found no signs
consistent with life. The victim remained on the scene until transported to the Office of the Chief
Medical Examiner.
The decedent has been identified as 22 year-old Jonathan Vilchez of Northwest, DC.
The suspect, identified as 23 year-old Mario Alfaro, of Northwest, DC, was located in the 800
block of Kennedy Street, Northwest, suffering from non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. He
was transported to an area hospital where he was arrested and charged with Second Degree
Murder while Armed.
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