Second teen suspect arrested in deadly Petworth shooting that killed 19-year-old

Washington, DC — A second teenager has been arrested in connection to a fatal triple shooting in Petworth that left a 19-year-old man dead and two others wounded, one of them a 15-year-old boy.

On Friday, members of the Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 18-year-old Jayden Wells of Northwest D.C., charging him with First Degree Murder while Armed (Premeditated) in the April 29 shooting that rocked the Petworth neighborhood. Wells is the second suspect charged in the case.

According to investigators, the violence erupted around 9 p.m. on Taylor Street and Georgia Avenue NW. When officers arrived, they found two gunshot victims—an adult male and a 15-year-old juvenile—on Georgia Av

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