The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrest of a suspect in a homicide that occurred in Southeast.
On Tuesday, November 4, 2025, at approximately 10:30 p.m., Sixth District officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 3500 block of Minnesota Avenue, Southeast. Upon arrival, officers located an adult male lying on the ground, unconscious and not breathing, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. DC Fire and EMS responded to the scene, and after finding no signs consistent with life, the victim was pronounced dead.
The victim had been identified as 40-year-old Lowell Trueheart, of Southeast, DC.
On Tuesday, November 25, 2025, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force (CARFTF) arrested 38-year-old Michael Singleton of Southeast, DC. Singleton was transported to the Homicide Branch, where he was charged pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant with Second Degree Murder while Armed.