At approximately 1:15 am, members of the First District responded to a call for stabbing. Upon arrival on the scene, members located an adult male suffering from an apparent stab wound.

Shortly after the murder, the carjacked vehicle was spotted, and Smithwick and Holmes led officers on a high-speed chase that ended near Alabama Avenue and 32nd Place SE. Holmes and Smithwick were both immediately arrested.

On Friday, January 1, 2016, members of the First District arrested 24-year-old Nathaniel Beasley, who in 2010 lived at 4816 Alabama Ave. S.E. Washington, D.C., pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant charging him with Second Degree Murder while Armed. On April 29, 2010, Beasley was charged with assault in P G County and on June 1, 2010 the charges were dropped by the Prince Georges County States Attorney.