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

April 22, 2019

Arrest Made in a Homicide: 1000 Block of Southern Avenue,
Southeast
(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch
have announced an arrest has been made in the fatal stabbing that occurred on Saturday, April
13, 2019, in the 1000 block of Southern Avenue, Southeast.
At approximately 2:34 pm, members of the Seventh District responded to the listed location for
the report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male, suffering from multiple stab
wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services arrived on the scene and transported the
victim to an area hospital. After all life-saving efforts failed, the victim was pronounced dead.
The decedent has been identified as 46 year-old Chester Belfield, of Temple Hills, MD.
On Monday, April 22, 2019, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, 58-year-old David
Allen Hackney, of Capitol Heights, MD, was arrested by members of the Capital Area Regional
Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF), and was charged with First Degree Murder while Armed.
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