Mother’s shooting death in DC sparks search for child, who was found with her suspected killer
WTOP • • nation
Key Points:
- A 2-year-old boy, Royce Hawkins, was found unharmed after an Amber Alert was issued following the shooting death of his mother in Washington, D.C.
- The child was last seen with his mother on Tuesday evening near Kenyon Street NW, where later that night she was fatally shot in an alley after an argument with a man.
- The suspect, who is not the child's father, was found with the child in an apartment nearby and has been arrested and charged with murder.
- Police responded to the shooting shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday, and the Amber Alert was canceled Wednesday morning once the child was safely recovered.
