The suspect arrested in reference to the collection of shootings of homeless individuals, together with two deadly incidents, in Washington, D.C., and New York Metropolis was recognized on Tuesday as 30-year-old Gerald Brevard.
"I'm right here to announce that we bought our man," Washington D.C. Metro Police Division Chief Robert Contee stated throughout a press convention on Tuesday. "At roughly 2:30 a.m. 30-year-old Gerald Brevard of Southeast D.C. was taken into custody."
The announcement comes shortly after the D.C. Metro Police Division introduced that a suspect was detained on Tuesday morning. Newsweek beforehand reported that shootings in NYC have been up 73 p.c.
Video footage exhibits Brevard darting into view earlier than placing his fingers up, laying on the bottom, and being surrounded by officers who then arrest him.
"Early this AM, regulation enforcement arrested the suspect in Washington, DC. He's at present being interviewed at our Murder Department. Extra data might be forthcoming. Due to the neighborhood for all of your ideas," D.C. Metro Police stated in a tweet.
ARRESTED: Early this AM, regulation enforcement arrested the suspect in Washington, DC. He's at present being interviewed at our Murder Department. Extra data might be forthcoming. Due to the neighborhood for all of your ideas. pic.twitter.com/lvFu3LeMTd
— DC Police Division (@DCPoliceDept) March 15, 2022
Through the press convention on Tuesday, Contee stated that Brevard had a earlier legal historical past, with prices in Washington D.C. in 2016 and 2018. Following the latest arrest on Tuesday, Brevard was charged with first-degree homicide, assault with a harmful weapon and assault with intent to kill.
"He was arrested within the District of Columbia, I believe as early as 2016," Contee stated. "Again in 2018, there was an arrest for assaulting an officer. There was additionally an arrest for ADW [Assault with a deadly weapon] with a knife."
In accordance with the Related Press, in 2018, Brevard was arrested in D.C. and pleaded responsible to tried assault with a lethal weapon. Courtroom information obtained by the AP confirmed that Brevard was despatched to a psychiatric hospital after he was discovered to be mentally unstable. In 2019, he was deemed match to face trial and pleaded responsible to the fees, leading to a yr in jail.
Previous to the arrest on Tuesday, the New York Police Division (NYPD) and D.C. Metro Police Division issued a joint assertion on Sunday, saying that the incidents have been believed to be dedicated by the identical suspect.
In accordance with the assertion, the primary two capturing incidents occurred in Washington D.C. on March 3 and March 8. Each victims have been transported to space hospitals with non-life threatening accidents, police stated.
On March 9, a homeless man was attacked and finally died from "a number of stab and gunshot wounds," the assertion stated. This incident occurred close to the 400 block of New York Avenue in D.C.
Police stated that the identical suspect went on to commit two related incidents in New York Metropolis on March 12.
The assertion issued by police stated that the primary incident in New York occurred at round 4:30 a.m. native time when a 38-year-old homeless man was shot within the arm whereas sleeping on King Avenue. Roughly half-hour later, NYPD officers responded to a different incident the place a homeless man was shot within the head and neck. The second sufferer was pronounced useless, police stated.
Throughout a press convention on Tuesday NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig stated that .22 caliber shell casings have been discovered in any respect 5 of the incidents in D.C. and New York.
Newsweek reached out to Washington, D.C., Metro Police however didn't hear again in time for publication.
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