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

June 4, 2019

Arrest Made in a Homicide: 2700 Block of Martin Luther
King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast
(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch
announced an arrest has been made in reference to a homicide that that occurred on Sunday, May
26, 2019, in the 2700 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, Southeast.
At approximately 5:40 pm, members of the Seventh District responded to the listed location for
the report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, members located an unconscious adult male victim,
suffering from laceration wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the
scene and transported the victim to a local hospital. After all lifesaving efforts failed, the victim
was pronounced dead.
The decedent has been identified as 44 year-old Michael Hooker, of Southeast, DC.
On Monday, June 3, 2019, 35 year-old Travis Russell, of Southeast, DC, was arrested and
charged with First Degree Murder while Armed.
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