Thousands of local officials arrived in Washington last week for the National League of Cities’ annual Congressional City Conference, including a lone city councilman from South Dakota.
good evening, i m brian bolter. i m shawn yancy. police made the arrest a few hours ago. they say the straight a student was shot and killed saturday afternoon but they didn t find alonte sutton s body until sunday. the police chief wants to know why. wisdom martin. reporter: the arrest happened at 4:15 this afternoon. a 28-year-old suspect from the same neighborhood where the murder happened. tuesday evening, d.c. police arrested 28-year-old omar cotton charging him with the murder of 18-year-old alonte sutton. i m happy that justice is really, really taking its c. he can now rest in peace. that s a good thing. reporter: on newcome street detectives issued a warrant connected with the case. witnesses alonte sutton was shot and killed after arguing with a man on newcome street. ive shot after being chased into the woods. sutton s body wasn t found until the next day. the family says one witness claims to have told police on the scene saturday they saw the gunman cha