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

December 2, 2017

Arrest Made in a Homicide: 1700 Block of 16th Street,
Southeast
(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch
announced an arrest has been made in a fatal shooting that occurred inside of a residence in the
1700 Block of 16th Street, Southeast, on Saturday, December 2, 2017.
At approximately 8:13 am, members of the Sixth District responded to a residence, at the listed
location, for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival on the scene, members located an adult
female suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services
responded to the scene and found no signs consistent with life. The decedent remained on the
scene until transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
The decedent has been identified as 55-year-old Valerie Regina Coleman, of Southeast, DC.
On Saturday, December 2, 2017, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force
arrested 47 year old Kevin Lamont Smith of Southeast, DC, and charged him with Second
Degree Murder while Armed.
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