A 16-year-old has been arrested in the fatal stabbing Monday night of a man in the Fairlawn neighborhood of Southeast Washington, according to D.C. police.

       The incident occurred about 8:20 p.m. in the 1600 block of R Street SE. Police said they responded to a call for an unconscious person and found the victim.

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       Dameon Yates, 41, of Southeast, had been stabbed and was pronounced dead on the scene, police said.

       On Tuesday, police said they arrested the male teenager and charged him as a juvenile with second-degree murder while armed. He is not identified because of his age.

       Authorities did not release any other details about the killing and efforts to reach Yates’s relatives were not successful. Police did not comment on a possible motive.

       There have now been 192 homicides in the District this year, a 12 percent increase from 2020.