Jerry Thomas King Arrested for Fatal Stabbing of Johnathan Reeves, 70

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

The Metropolitan Police Department announces the arrest of a suspect who fatally stabbed a man in Southeast.

On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at approximately 3:40 a.m., officers responded to a call for a traffic crash in the 4600 block of Livingston Road, Southeast. Upon arrival, officers located an unoccupied vehicle on the sidewalk and a man, in the roadway, with stab wound injuries. He was pronounced dead on the scene. The decedent had been identified as 70-year-old Johnathan Reeves, of Upper Marlboro, MD.

On Monday, June 2, 2025, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, members of the Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force located and arrested 40-year-old Jerry Thomas King of Southwest, D.C. King was charged with Second Degree Murder While Armed.

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