MPD 6D | Arrest Made in a Homicide: 200 Block of 53rd Street, NE

Friday, December 17, 2021

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced an arrest has been made in a homicide that occurred on Friday, October 1, 2021, in the 200 block of 53rd Street, Northeast.  

At approximately 11:59 pm, members of the Sixth District responded to the listed location for the report of an assault. Upon arrival, members located an adult male, unconscious and unresponsive. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene and transported the victim to a local hospital for treatment. After all life-saving efforts failed, the victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead on Saturday, October 2, 2021.

The decedent has been identified as 33-year-old Andre Robertson, of Northeast, DC.

On Sunday, October 3, 2021, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy on the decedent. As a result, the cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma and the manner of death was ruled a homicide.  

On Friday, December 17, 2021, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 28-year-old Darius Robertson, of Hyattsville, MD.  He was transported to the Homicide Branch where he was charged with Second Degree Murder.

This case remains under investigation.  The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for each homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at 202-727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by sending a text message to 50411.