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 6, 2019

Arrest Made in a Homicide: 3500 Block of Wheeler Road,
Southeast
(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch
announced an arrest has been made in reference to a homicide that occurred on Saturday,
October 20, 2018, in the 3500 block of Wheeler Road, Southeast.
At approximately 1:57 pm, members of the Seventh District responded to the listed location for
the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, members located an adult male suffering from a gunshot
wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services were summoned 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 19 year-old Malik McCloud, of Southeast, DC.
On Thursday, December 5, 2019, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, members of
the Seventh District's Crime Suppression Team arrested 26 year-old Tony Eugene Morgan, of
Capital Heights, MD. Morgan has been charged with First Degree Murder while Armed.
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