Man charged with stabbing woman to death on DC 295
D.C. police charged a man who they say is responsible for stabbing and killing a woman along the Anacostia Freeway in Southeast on Saturday.
Authorities said that Gregory Johnson, 30, of Southeast, was arrested and charged with second degree murder while armed for his role in killing Passion Pleasant, 32, from Northeast.
The incident took place on the southbound side of DC-295 near East Capitol Street around 11:15 a.m. Saturday.
When police arrived, they said Pleasant was lying on the ground near a vehicle with stab wounds. DC Fire and EMS responders on the scene determined that Pleasant had died from her injuries.
In order to investigate the killing, a portion of DC-295’s lanes were closed.
Police said that the killing was a domestic incident.