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Dametrics Evans: 47-Year-Old Mother Killed In Washington, D.C.

Dametrics Evans: 47-Year-Old Mother Killed In Washington, D.C.

Demetrics Evans, 47, was shot and killed in an apartment building on Monday, October 25, 2021, in Washington, D.C. A arrest has been made.

Dametrics Evans, 47, was a mother who raised her three children to be self-sufficient, her daughter told local media.

"My mom was my everything," Chequannah Evans told NBC Washington.

"Me and my siblings, we argue, we fight, but we was thick as thieves. Couldn't tell us nothing. It's us against the world. And that's how she's raised us and that's how we gonna be now that she's gone," Chequannah told the TV station.

Evans was shot and killed in the hallway of an apartment building on Monday night October 25, 2021, police said.

Another person — a male — was also shot, but is expected to survive.

Authorities are still investigating the murder, but have made an arrest.

Shaun Tyree Brown, 21, is facing a first-degree murder charge along with while assault with intent to kill, according to Fox5 DC.

"It was a lot of different emotions. Anger, sadness, defeated 'cause I couldn't fix it and make her come back," Evans' daughter Chequannah Evans said.

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