A 21-year-old Northwest DC man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of 18-year-old Siobhan Lee, killed early Friday morning.
According to a press release from MPD, the suspect, Alexander D. Buckley, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree felony murder.
MPD’s press release is after the jump.
January 25, 2013
Arrest Made in Homicide: 5th Street and Nicholson Street, NW
(Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced that an arrest has been made in the homicide of Siohban Nicole Lee which occurred at 5th Street and Nicholson Street, NW.
On Friday, January 25, 2013, at approximately 3:24 am, units from the Fourth District responded to 5th Street and Nicholson Street, NW, for the report of an unconscious person. Upon arrival, they located an adult female lying on the ground, unconscious and unresponsive, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded and determined that the victim had no signs consistent with life. The victim was later transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner pending an autopsy. She was pronounced dead by a member of the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office. The preliminary investigation has determined that the victim and suspect were known to each other.
The decedent is identified as 18-year-old Siohban Nicole Lee of Takoma Park, Maryland.
On Friday, January 25, 2013, members of the of the Homicide Branch arrested 21 year-old Alexander D. Buckley of Northwest, Washington, DC and charged him with First Degree Felony Murder in the shooting death of Siohban Nicole Lee.
