The Metropolitan Police Department announces an arrest in a Columbia Heights homicide.
On Monday, February 2, 2026, at approximately 3:07 a.m., Third District officers responded to a 911 hang-up in the 3100 block of 16th Street, Northwest. Officers located an adult female suffering from a gunshot wound inside of a residence. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene, and after finding no signs consistent with life, the victim was pronounced dead.
The decedent has been identified as 27-year-old Nyesha Walden-Hatcher, of Northwest, DC.…