Alexandria, LA (4/26/2023) – Alexandria Police Department reported a man suspected of a Lima, Ohio homicide was arrested without incident.
On Monday, April 24, 2023, at approximately 02:00 PM, the Alexandria Police Department Detective Division received information from the Louisiana State Police that a suspect wanted for a homicide in Lima, Ohio, was possibly in the Alexandria area.
Upon investigation, Alexandria Detectives were able to determine a possible location for the suspect. Later that night, at approximately 10:00 PM, Alexandria Detectives arrested without incident 26-year-old Kenyatta Washington, from Alexandria, LA, who had been living in Lima, Ohio, on a warrant for one count of Homicide.
LimaOhio.com reported Washington is wanted for a double homicide that occured on Saturday, April 22, 2023.
He was booked into Rapides Parish Jail and will be extradited to Lima, Ohio, on Thursday, May 27, 2023.
This is currently an ongoing investigation.
If anyone has any information about this incident or any other type crime in the Alexandria area, please get in touch with the Alexandria Police Detective Division at the phone number (318) 441-6416 or APD Dispatch at (318) 441-6559.
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