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January 29, 2001
Double Homicide On 14th Street, NE
**UPDATE: Case Closed with Arrest**

On Saturday, January 27, 2001, at approximately 12:50 a.m., police and DCFD emergency medical personnel responded to the rear of 2537 14th Street, NE for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, they located two males suffering from gunshot wounds, one inside of a Ford Bronco and the other lying on the ground next to the vehicle. This area is also the rear parking lot for an apartment building located at 1295 Brentwood Road, NE.

Emergency medical personnel determined that the victim who was inside of the vehicle had no life signs. He has been identified as 20-year-old Kevin Seamone of the 19000 block of Steeple Place in Germantown, Maryland. He was later transported by morgue wagon to the D.C. Medical Examiner's Office where he was officially pronounced dead.

The other victim, who has been identified as 19-year-old Roy S. Scarborough, of the 5200 block of Queenstroll Place, SE, was transported to Howard University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:15 a.m. The remains were then transported to the D.C. Medical Examiner's Office.

The case is currently under investigation by detectives assigned to the department's Fifth District . Anyone who has information regarding this case is asked to call detectives at 202-727-4504 or the D.C. Crime Solvers Unit at 1-800-673-2777 .

The Metropolitan Police Department is currently offering a TEN THOUSAND-DOLLAR REWARD to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia.

UPDATE (April 19, 2001)
As the result of an ongoing investigation conducted by members from the Fifth District Violent Crimes Unit, the avove case has been closed with an arrest. On Wednesday, April 18, 2001, police arrested 19-year-old Dominic Donte Jones of the 2500 Block of 14th St, NE, without incident. Mr. Jones was arrested on a DC Superior Court Warrant charging him with two counts of First Degree Murder While Armed in the above double homicide. He was scheduled to be arraigned today in DC Superior Court.