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.
Tag: Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch
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.