D.C. police said late Wednesday that they arrested a preteen boy in connection with the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Northeast last month.
Metropolitan Police said members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force took the 12-year-old suspect into custody on charges of voluntary manslaughter while armed.
Authorities sought to arrest the boy after linking him to the July 11 shooting that killed 13-year-old Ahmad Mims in Kingman Park.
Police said the shooting erupted shortly before 8:30 p.m. that day in the 1600 block of Rosedale Street Northeast.
Upon arrival, police said officers found Ahmad suffering from a gunshot wound on a sidewalk. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators said the shooting occurred inside a home on the block.
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