Police have identified the victim in last night’s fatal shooting in Northeast as Shirley Renee Tucker, 63. Her boyfriend, Joseph Chandler, is in custody, the Washington Post reports.
Chandler, 73, was arrested inside an apartment in the 1800 block of Maryland Ave Northeast, where the shooting to place, according to the Post.
[Officer Araz Alali, a police spokesman] said officers were called to the apartment about 8:15 p.m. to investigate an altercation. He did not say who called police. When officers arrived, Alali said they found the victim suffering from several gunshot wounds to her body.
Frozen Tropics has more from the scene.
