Another person arrested after man found dead and tied up in Logan Circle apartment

WASHINGTON (7News) — A second person linked to the murder of a D.C. man in his Logan Circle apartment was arrested over a month after the incident, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Wednesday’s arrest of D.C. man Alphonso Walker, 39, came two days after police arrested Rico Barnes, both for charges stemming from the death of Syed Hussain, 40, in the 1400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, Northwest. Walker was already in police custody for separate charges.

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Police said Monday that the pair followed Hussain back to his residence on Feb. 11 and attacked him shortly after he opened the door to the apartment lobby at around 1:40 a.m. The pair forced him into his apartment and stole items inside, police said about the motive.

Charging documents included surveillance images showing the men leaving the apartment with bags of clothing and a bicycle, among other items, about an hour after they entered.

At around 3:30 a.m. that same day, D.C. Fire and EMS crews were called to the apartment to extinguish a fire and found Hussain injured and unresponsive. He was declared dead at the scene.

Officials said Hussain’s cause of death was blunt force trauma and strangulation, and investigators said the fire was caused after the man died.

Barnes was arrested on Monday and accused of felony first-degree murder while armed. Walker will face the same charge, police said.