Two Washington, D.C. men are in custody Jan. 3 after detectives linked them to the murder of Tarreece Sampson on May 20, 2016. Mount Vernon District Police officers were called to the 6000 block of Richmond Highway at 2:20 a.m. that day for a report of a man who had been shot. Sampson was found with a gunshot wound to the upper body and pronounced dead at the scene.
Detectives conducted a multi-year investigation that led them to two men. Tre’Sur Hawkins, 19, was charged Jan. 3 with first degree murder. He will be booked at the Adult Detention Center and held without bond. Charles Benson, 24, was arrested on Sept. 4, 2018 in Washington, D.C., for this murder with the assistance of the United States Marshal Service, the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, and Metropolitan Police Department. Benson was extradited to Fairfax County on Oct. 17 and has been in custody since.
Detectives believe Sampson did not know Hawkins or Benson, and randomly encountered them on Richmond Highway where Hawkins and Benson were breaking into cars.