Man arrested in connection with D.C. stabbing death

WASHINGTON — Metropolitan Police Department detectives arrested a man Wednesday who was wanted for his role in a D.C. homicide earlier this month.

On Wednesday morning, police arrested 26-year-old Brian Jackson of Southeast D.C. for his role in the stabbing death of Joshua Steele.

Steele, 23, was found suffering from an apparent stab wound in the 600 block of Alabama Avenue in Southeast D.C. on Friday, April 17.

Steele was pronounced dead at the scene.

Jackson is being charged with murder.

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