MPD today announced that Cederick Lorenzo Shuler was arrested on suspicion of first degree murder in two cases: one from 1998 and one from 1999.
Shuler appeared in court last week to be arraigned following a grand jury indictment in one of the cases that Shuler was arrested on today.
The victims were 26-year-old Renee Best and 29 year-old Edward C. Gray, both of Northwest DC.
Read MPD’s press release after the jump.
July 7, 2011
Arrest Made in Two Homicides from 1998 and 1999
( Washington, DC)-Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch, Cold Case Office, have announced an arrest was made in the 1998 homicide of Renee Best and the 1999 homicide of Edward C. Gray.
On Sunday, February 22, 1998 at approximately 7:00 pm, members from the Sixth District responded to the 4600 block of Hillside Road, SE to investigate the report of a shooting. Upon arrival on the scene, officers located an adult female inside of the location suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services transported the victim to a local hospital where the victim succumbed to her injury and was pronounced dead.
The decedent was identified as 26-year-old Renee Best of Northwest, Washington, D.C.
On Monday, March 22, 1999, at approximately 8:44 pm, members from the Sixth District responded to the area of Alabama Avenue and G Street, SE to investigate the report of sounds of gunshots. In the 4800 block of Alabama Avenue, SE, the officers located a vehicle that appeared to have been in a collision. Further investigation revealed that the operator of the vehicle was suffering from a gunshot wound. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services transported the victim to a local hospital where the victim succumbed to his injury and was pronounced dead.
The decedent was identified as 29 year-old Edward C. Gray of Northwest, Washington, D.C.
On Thursday, July 7, 2011 at approximately 10:00 am, detectives from the Cold Case Office arrested 35-year-old Cederick Lorenzo Shuler of Ft. Washington, MD, pursuant to a booking order charging him with two counts of First Degree Murder while Armed.
