A man was arrested and charged Tuesday in connection to a shooting earlier this month in Southeast D.C. that fatally wounded a road worker.
Terrance Barnes, 29,聽of Southeast, D.C., was arrested Tuesday and charged with first degree murder while armed.
The shooting took place just after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 17, on the聽5100 block of Southern Avenue. Barnes reportedly got into a dispute with the victim.
When police arrived, they found a Barry Holmes, 57,聽of Temple Hills, Maryland,聽suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.
Holmes’ family says he was directing traffic around a repaving project in the southern part of the city when he was shot. District police Chief Peter 太子探花ham declined to detail the motive behind the Maryland man’s shooting, but said “it seems like it was a completely unnecessary loss of life.”
Barnes is expected to appear in court Wednesday.聽It’s unclear if Barnes has a lawyer who can comment on his behalf.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.聽
