WASHINGTON - Authorities have made an arrest in the murder of a 6-year-old girl who was gunned down earlier this month in Southeast D.C.
in a killing that sent shockwaves through the community.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and Weather"I stood before you just over a week ago and said we would get justice for 6-year-old Nyiah Courtney.
The prayers of the community have been answered. I’m here to announce today that we’ve got our man," D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee said at a press conference.A 6-year-old girl was killed in an overnight shooting in D.C., officials said.Contee said police arrested 22-year-old Marktwan Hargraves of Waldorf and charged him with Courtney’s murder.