Arrest Made in July's Fatal D.C. Hit-and-Run
The Metropolitan Police Department's Major Crash Unit announced that Marvin Bonilla Martinez, 46, of no fixed address, was arrested on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, pursuant to a D.C. Superior Court arrest warrant and charged with second-degree murder in connection with a July hit-and-run crash that killed a Maryland woman in Northeast Washington.
The fatal crash occurred at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Monday, July 27, 2026, when Fifth District officers responded to the intersection of Bladensburg Road and South Dakota Avenue in Northeast D.C. Officers located an adult woman suffering from serious injuries in an adjacent park; she was pronounced dead at the scene. She was subsequently identified as 45-year-old Shana Battle of Laurel, Maryland.
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