Suspect Arrested in DC Teen’s 2020 Slaying

A suspect has been arrested greater than two years after a D.C. teen was killed and his stays dumped in Maryland, police say.

Brandon Nguyen, 24, was arrested and charged Monday with second-degree homicide whereas armed within the demise of 17-year-old Brian Ward.

Ward was final seen getting right into a automobile close to his Petworth dwelling in September 2020. He was lacking for greater than a 12 months earlier than police discovered his stays in an space of Laurel, Maryland, in December 2021.

D.C. police stated Monday Ward was killed in a capturing on Allison Avenue NW on Sept. 29, 2020. On the time of the capturing, officers did not discover any capturing victims, police stated.

A medical expert decided Ward was shot a number of instances, in line with police.

Ward’s household celebrated his 18th birthday with out him in September of 2021, carrying shirts saying, “We miss you.”

A D.C. teenager who instructed his household he was going out together with his mates over a 12 months in the past hasn’t been seen or heard from since. News4’s Aimee Cho spoke together with his mother and father.

The household held out hope that Ward would return dwelling safely, even after they had been focused by scammers demanding ransom.