MPD 2D | 18-year-old Jelani Cousin Arrested in Homicide of 18-Year-Old Ashlei Hinds

Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department's Homicide Branch have announced an arrest has been made in a shooting that killed a woman in Northwest, D.C. 

On Monday, January 1, 2024, at approximately 1:18 a.m., members of the Metropolitan Police Department's Second District responded to the 4300 block of Military Road, Northwest, for the report of a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located a woman inside of a hotel room with gunshot wound injuries. She died at the scene.

The victim has been identified as 18-year-old Ashlei Hinds, of Clinton, MD. 

On Tuesday, January 2, 2024, as a result of the detectives’ investigation, 18-year-old Jelani Cousin, of Northeast, DC, was arrested and charged with Second Degree Murder while Armed.

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