38-Year-Old Woman Shot To Death In D.C. Car, Suspect Arrested

Kristen Harrison-Oneal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 38-year-old Sophia Johnson of Maryland was shot to death inside a vehicle in Northwest D.C. Thursday afternoon.

Washington, D.C. Metro Police received a report of a shooting shortly after noon. When they arrived at the intersection of New Jersey Avenue and N Street they discovered the victim inside a vehicle suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Johnson was pronounced at the scene and transported to the Medical Examiners’ office.


39-year-old Ariel Cooper, of DC, was arrested on Thursday and charged with second-degree murder while armed. Detectives concluded that the victim and the suspect were inside of the same vehicle when the shooting took place. It was also revealed that they knew each other.

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