A 22-year-old Southeast DC man has been arrested in connection with the November 2012 shooting death of Andre Jackson.
The suspect, identified by police as Lamonte Perry, is expected to be charged with felony murder while armed.
Perry is the third person to be arrested in connection with the case. In court last week, Marquette Tibbs pleaded innocent to charges including first-degree murder related to Jackson’s death. Another man was arrested and held for more than seven months before charges against him were dropped early last week.
A press release from MPD is below.
November 25, 2013
Additional Arrest Made in Homicide: 300 Block of Ridge Road, SE
(Washington, DC)- The Metropolitan Police Department has announced an additional arrest has been made in the homicide which occurred in the 300 block of Ridge Road, SE.
On Sunday, November 4, 2012, at approximately 2:14 am, units from the Sixth District responded to the 300 block of Ridge Road, SE for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival they located an adult male suffering from gunshot wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived and determined that the victim had no signs consistent with life. The victim remained on the scene and was later transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia, pending an autopsy.
The decedent is identified as 22-year-old Andre Jackson of Southeast, Washington, DC.
On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested two adult males charging them both with First Degree Murder While Armed, pursuant to a District of Columbia Superior Court Arrest Warrant, in the shooting death of Andre Jackson.
On Monday, November 25, 2013, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 22-year-old Lamonte Perry of Southeast, Washington, DC, charging him with Felony Murder while Armed in connection with the death of Andre Jackson.
