D.C. police were denied warrant for shooting suspect last week

Federal prosecutors refused police requests last week to lock up a man who is now a key suspect in a D.C. shooting spree that left four dead and six wounded, the Washington Examiner has learned.

D.C. police had been on the trail of Orlando Carter, 20, since a March 22 homicide. That killing apparently was the first in a string of shootings that culminated in Tuesday night’s bloodbath on South Capitol Street.