A man from Northeast D.C. is facing charges of second-degree murder after driving into someone and speeding away from police in August 2024.
Metropolitan Police Department detectives arrested suspect Jalen McLendon, 32, Tuesday, more than a year after the alleged incident occurred. The police did not say where they apprehended the Northeast resident.
Early in the morning of Aug. 31, 2024, an officer in the 1600 block of K Street NW saw a car driving with no lights on. The cop tried to make a stop, but the driver of the car, alleged to be Mr. McClendon, kept going at low speeds before turning onto 17th Street NW and speeding up…