WASHINGTON ( DC News Now ) — Police arrested a man months after he was accused of firing a gun in Northeast.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) said that on Thursday, March 6, officers stopped 34-year-old Joe Lewis Phoenix of Northwest, D.C. for a traffic violation.
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As they were investigating, police developed “probable cause” that Phoenix was linked to a shooting in Northeast that happened on May 2, 2024.
MPD said that just after 1:50 p.m. on that date, someone had fired a handgun in the 900 block of F St. Northeast before escaping…