Victim, suspect in DC homicide near National Portrait Gallery identified

WASHINGTON – D.C. police have identified the victim at the center of a massive police response near the National Portrait Gallery Thursday evening.

Police say 20-year-old Jaykell Mason of Southeast shot and killed 29-year-old Terence Dantzler before fleeing the scene before being shot by an officer.

Mason was taken into custody in the are of 11th an H Streets Northwests and was then treated for his injury.

Police say Mason’s gunshot wound was not life threatening.

Mason was charged with first-degree murder while armed, assault on a police officer while armed, and carrying a pistol without a license.

Dantzler father told Fox 5, telling them everyone knew him as TJ. He said Dantzler was a cook who was from Marshal, VA.

“The family is Heart broken and devastated by his death,” his father said.

If you have any information that will help police in their investigation, call (202) 727 9099.