Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced that a second arrest has been made in the fatal stabbing which occurred in the 2600 block of Douglas Road, SE.

On Sunday, June 19, 2011, at approximately 1:22 am, units from the Seventh District responded to the 2600 block of Douglas Road, SE for the report of a stabbing.  Upon arriving on the scene, officers located an adult male victim suffering from apparent stab wounds. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the victim to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The decedent has been identified as 53 year-old Charles Hicks of Southeast, Washington, DC.

On Monday, August 8, 2011 at approximately 11:45 pm members from the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested an adult male, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant charging him with Second Degree Murder while Armed.

On Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at approximately 11:45 am, members from the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 30 year-old Eric Jerome Payne of Capitol Heights, Maryland, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant charging him with Murder Two while Armed in the fatal stabbing of Charles Hicks.