D.C. police arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a D.C. singer earlier this month.
Omar Rodgers, 25, was shot in the parking lot behind the Uniontown Bar and Grill in Anacostia about 3:50 a.m. Oct. 8. Rodgers, known as Big O on stage, had just finished performing at the bar.
He was in his car when a red car pulled into the alley. A man got out of the car, approached Rogers, said something to him and opened fire.
Eight shots were fired, and Rodgers was hit five times. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Michael Leonard Jones, 21, of Bladensburg, Maryland, was arrested Friday and charged with first-degree murder while armed.
Rodgers' brother, Sean Savoy, is a freshman wide receiver at Virginia Tech.
“He was my No. 1 fan, No. 1 supporter,” Savoy told News4.
