2 arrested in fatal shooting on Benning Road in DC

D.C. police cars are seen in this February 2016 WTOP file photo. (WTOP/Dave Dildine)

WASHINGTON — The D.C. police have arrested two men in a shooting that left a man dead and two teens wounded last week.

On Wednesday, the police said in a statement, they arrested Alonzo Brown, 21, and Stephon Evans, 18, both of Northeast, and charged them with first-degree murder while armed.

The shooting happened Saturday, Jan. 12, on Benning Road in Northeast, near Maryland Avenue. Michael Taylor, 22, of Northeast, died at a hospital later; two teenagers, one 18 years old and the other 16, were treated for their injuries.

Below is a map of where the shooting occurred.

Rick Massimo

Rick Massimo came to WTOP, and to Washington, in 2013 after having lived in Providence, R.I., since he was a child. He's the author of "A Walking Tour of the Georgetown Set" and "I Got a Song: A History of the Newport Folk Festival."

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