WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — D.C. police announced in a news conference that the suspect wanted for the shooting that killed a toddler has been arrested.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said on Friday that officers arrested 24-year-old Charles Ruckerfor the deadly shooting that broke out in the 1000 block of 14th St. at around 3 a.m. on Saturday, July 5.
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During the incident, MPD said that a bullet from the shooting struck 3-year-old Honesty Cheadle in her upper body. She was sitting in a parked car with her family at the time.
The toddler was rushed to the hospital, where she died days later on Monday, July 7…