BREAKING: A senior law-enforcement official identified the suspected serial killer as Gerald Brevard III in comments to The Daily Beast. Brevard, a Washington, DC resident, was previously charged with assaulting a woman in Virginia in late 2020.
in DC and New York City in recent days.
Police confirmed the arrest on Twitter early Tuesday, saying the suspect is being questioned in connection with. The attacks sparked panic in both cities, with authorities warning that the man appeared to be preying on the most vulnerable community. The murder spree began March 3, when the Metropolitan Police Department of DC responded to a non-fatal shooting of a homeless man in the early hours of the morning. A similar attack was reported in the city five days later, followed by another the next day in which a man was found dead inside a burning tent with gunshot and stab wounds.
Chilling surveillance footage of one of the attacks showed a man wearing all black approach someone wrapped up in a sleeping bag on a sidewalk before nudging them with his foot and opening fire.