Inmate set to be released charged in Sept. slaying

A man who was about to be released from the D.C. jail was charged with first-degree murder in a September shooting death, D.C. police said Saturday. Police said 36-year-old Chamontae Walker, of Southeast D.C., was charged in the slaying of 29-year-old Darrel Hendy. Hendy was killed Sept. 25 on the 800 block of Southern Avenue, SE.

Officer Hugh Carew, a D.C. police spokesman, said Walker was arrested Friday night as he was about to be released from the jail for an unrelated offense. Court records show Walker had been serving time after a conviction on a charge of attempted threats to do bodily harm.