Robert Stringer, 56, for Fatal Stabbing of Alfred Fields, 55

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

The Metropolitan Police Department announces an arrest has been made in a fatal stabbing in Southeast.

On Monday, July 1, 2024, at approximately 6:44 p.m., officers responded to the 3100 block of Buena Vista Terrace, Southeast, for the report of a stabbing. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male victim in the street suffering from stab wounds. He was transported to a local hospital where despite all life-saving efforts he died from his injuries.

The decedent has been identified as 55-year-old Alfred Fields, of no fixed address.

On Wednesday, August 21, 2024, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 56-year-old Robert Stringer of Camp Springs, MD. He was transported to the Homicide Branch where he was charged, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, with First Degree Murder while Armed (Premeditated).

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