Suspect arrested in deadly shooting of DC father carrying his 2 kids
WASHINGTON - Police have arrested a suspect in a murder case where a father was shot on a sidewalk in front of his two young children in Northeast D.C.
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The Metropolitan Police Department said the man, who has been identified as 42-year-old Sedrick Miller, was shot early on the morning of March 4 in the 2300 block of 18th Street. He was walking with a 5-year-old and holding another child in a car seat. MPD officials called this one of "the most disturbing crimes" they've seen in Ward 5 within the last couple of years.
Police said the children weren’t harmed during the shooting, and they're now safe with their mother.
Man shot and killed while walking with kids in Northeast DC
Metropolitan Police are calling this one of the "most disturbing crimes" they've seen in Ward 5 in the last couple of years. A man was shot and killed while holding hands with a five-year-old. Police say he was holding an infant in a car seat in his other hand.
MPD previously identified Jarrell David Harris, 27, as a suspect in the shooting. FOX 5 obtained two of his previous mugshots that show his appearance between 2018 and 2019 changed drastically. On Saturday, police announced that Harris was taken into custody on Friday by the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force.
During an arraignment hearing on Saturday, Harris was denied bond by a judge. He has been charged with First Degree Murder while Armed.
Harris is due to appear back in court on May 20.