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1.23.24 MPD Makes Second Arrest in a 2023 Homicide Case

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January 23, 2025

 

MPD Makes Second Arrest in a 2023 Homicide Case

 

(Washington, DC) – The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrest of a second suspect for a homicide that occurred in 2023.

 

On Sunday, October 1, 2023, at approximately 9:37 p.m., Second District officers responded to McPherson Square for the sounds of gunshots. While searching the scene, officers located 56-year-old Leo Colter with gunshot wound injuries across from the 900 block of 15th Street, Northwest. He died at the scene.

 

On Wednesday, January 22, 2025, officers arrested 22-year-old Andrew Ellis, of Tampa, FL. Ellis was charged pursuant to a DC Superior Court indictment with First Degree Murder while Armed.

 

Previously, on Friday, February 16, 2024, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 41-year-old adult male of Northeast, DC.  He was charged with First Degree Murder while Armed.

 

CCN: 23162157

 

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01.23.25 Second Arrest Made in a Homicide 900 block of 15th Street, Northwest CCN 23162157.pdf
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