D.C. man charged in homicide
A Southeast Washington man has been charged with murder in the death of a man found bleeding from a gunshot wound in a wrecked car early Saturday, police said.
The victim, Delonte Butler, 29, was unconscious when firefighters pulled him from the burning auto in the 3700 block of First Street SE about 4:45 a.m.
The rescuers discovered that Butler had been fatally shot.
On Monday, homicide detectives arrested Joseph Spinks, 22, of Southeast Washington and charged him with first-degree murder, police said.
-- Paul Duggan
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Paul Duggan
| September 27, 2010; 3:25 PM ET
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No problem here; we were always going to pay for raising their combined six to ten children. Their kids will wind up doing the same thing. No amount of government intervention will suffice. Insanity.
Posted by: civilrightist | September 27, 2010 10:34 PM | Report abuse
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