Detectives from the DC Metropolitan Police Department’s homicide Branch have made an arrest in a fatal shooting in Southeast DC. Sixth District officers were flagged down in the 1900 block of Minnesota Avenue SE for a reported shooting around 7:33 a.m. on November 14, 2023. At the scene, officers located a female victim with gunshot wound injuries.

She was transported to an area hospital where she later succumbed to her injuries. The victim is identified as 26-year-old Nakysia Rachael Lemon-Williams. Members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 24-year-old Yazmin Owens on December 20, 2023.

She has been charged with First Degree Murder while Armed.