Man charged in fatal beatingD.C. police say a man has been charged in a fatal beating in Columbia Heights.

Police said 45-year-old Juan Paredes was assaulted at about 2 p.m. Saturday on the 3300 block of 14th Street NW and died the next day. Police said Thursday that 50-year-old Jeffery Mills had been charged with assault with intent to kill while armed. Paredes’ death has been ruled a homicide from blunt force trauma and additional charges are pending, police said.