Two men have been arrested and charged with first-degree murder after allegedly tying up a man and setting him on fire inside a Logan Circle apartment building in February.
On Tuesday, D.C. police announced the arrest of Rico Rashaad Barnes, 36, of Northwest D.C., in connection with the case. On Wednesday night, police announced additional charges against a second suspect, 39-year-old Alphonso Walker, also of Northwest D.C., who was already in police custody on separate charges.
During the early morning hours of Feb. 11, emergency personnel were called to the 1400 block of Rhode Island Avenue NW for reports of smoke. Firefighters entered one of the building’s units to find it engulfed in flames…