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An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect time for when the victim was found. The woman was found at 11:16 a.m., not p.m. The story has been updated.
D.C. police said they have arrested a man in connection with a domestic-related homicide that occurred Saturday on southbound Route 295.
The woman was found at 11:16 a.m. Saturday after police received a call about an unconscious person on the roadway near East Capitol Street, police said, adding that they arrived to find an adult female lying on the ground near a vehicle. Police said DC Fire and EMS responders found no signs of life and the victim was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which determined Sunday that she had been fatally shot.
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Police on Sunday identified the victim as Passion Pleasant, 32, of Northeast D.C. and said that on Saturday, Gregory Johnson, 30, of Southeast D.C. was arrested and charged with second-degree murder while armed, adding that the offense was domestic in nature.