Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide and Sexual Offenses Branch announced an arrest has been made in the homicide of Karon Shannon.

On Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 18-year-old Deangelo Johnson, a District resident from Northeast, was arrested for the murder of Karon Shannon. He was charged with Second Degree Murder.

At approximately 7:32 pm on Sunday, October, 19, 2008 officers from the Fifth District responded to the 1200 block of Simms Place, NE, to investigate the possible sounds of gunshots.  Upon arrival, officers located a juvenile male suffering from apparent multiple gunshot wounds. The victim was transported to an area hospital where he was subsequently pronounced dead at 8:23 pm.

The decedent in this case has been identified as 17-year-old Karon Shannon of the 1300 block of Orren Street, NE.

NOTE:   This is the second closure within five days of a case within the Trinidad Community.  Mr. Shannon's case represented the tenth case in the area and the sixth closure.  Of the six cases that occurred between April 16 to May 31, 2008, only one remains open.