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DC police make arrest in 2021 shooting death

By Rick Massimo

The D.C. police on Wednesday announced that an arrest had been made in a homicide in Southeast last October.

Jordan Jones, 21, of Silver Spring, Maryland, has been arrested in the death of Noel Prince Nicol, 18, of Silver Spring, last Oct. 14.

Nicol was found shot dead on Savannah Place, in Southeast.

Jones was arrested Tuesday. He’s been charged with first-degree murder while armed.

Captain Kevin Kentish of the Homicide Branch of DC Police Department also announced the arrest of Raheem Gafari, 31, of Southeast in the killing of 24-year-old Davon Sullivan, of Southeast. Sullivan was found shot to death in Southeast on May 4. Gafair is charged with first-degree murder.

WTOP’s Dick Uliano contributed to this report.

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