Police arrest suspect for stabbing along I-295 in southeast DC

WASHINGTON - Police in D.C. have a suspect in custody related to a stabbing that happened Saturday morning.

Investigators with the Metropolitan Police Department say around 11:16 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to reports on an unconscious person on southbound I-295 near East Capitol Street in southeast D.C.

Once at the scene, officers found 32-year-old Passion Pleasant on the ground near a car with stab wounds. She was pronounced dead at the scene. 

Investigators were able to identify 30-year-old Gregory Johnson as a suspect in the stabbing. He was arrested on Saturday and is charged with second degree murder while armed.

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Police say the stabbing was related to a domestic dispute.