Emmanuel Lewis, 34, Arrested for Fatal Shooting of Kwame Keith, 25

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Branch have announced an arrest has been made in the shooting death of a man in Southeast, DC.

On Monday, October 30, 2023, at approximately 7:37 p.m., Sixth District officers responded to the 1800 block of Fairlawn Avenue, Southeast, for the report of found human remains. Upon arrival, officers located adult male human remains, inside of a trash can. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy and determined the cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds and ruled the manner of death a homicide.

The victim has been identified as 25-year-old Kwame Keith, of no fixed address.

On Tuesday, May 7, 2024, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 34-year-old Emmanuel Lewis of Southeast, DC. He was transported to the Homicide Branch where he was charged with Second Degree Murder while Armed.

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