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 4, 2017

Arrest Made in a Homicide: 1700 Block of North Capitol
Street, Northeast
(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch
announced an arrest has been made in a fatal stabbing that occurred in the 1700 block of North
Capitol Street, Northeast, on Saturday, September 23, 2017.
At approximately 11:20 pm, members of the Fifth District responded to the listed location for the
report of a man down. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male, suffering from a stab wound.
DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene and transported the victim to an area hospital.
On Monday, September 25, 2017, the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced
dead.
The decedent has been identified as 46 year-old Andrew Alphonzo Cook, III, of Northeast,
DC.
On Monday, December 4, 2017, pursuant to a DC Superior Court warrant, members of the
Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 42 year-old Gregory Williams of
Northwest, DC, and charged him with First Degree Murder while Armed.
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