Suspect accused of murdering man near L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station arrested

WASHINGTON - Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department believe they've found the person who killed a man near the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station in Southwest on Tuesday. 

The victim, 27-year-old Tyvez Monroe, was gunned down at a bus stop around 4:30 a.m., the day after Christmas. Authorities believe 36-year-old Deonte Vondell Spicer was the shooter. 

Witnesses told FOX 5 that they saw two men having a conversation at the bus stop, and then the gunshots rang out. 

Photo via Metropolitan Police Department

MPD said it sent officers to the 600 block of Maryland Avenue, Southwest on Tuesday, around 4:25 a.m., for the report of a shooting.

Man shot, killed at bus stop near L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station

The glass from the shattered windows of the passenger shelter is still on the ground.

The suspect, police believe, took off after the shooting and eventually hopped onto a Metrobus nearby. The man police think committed the crime was captured on a surveillance camera in the area. 

Southwest shooting suspect Photo via Metropolitan Police Department

Right now, the detectives say it's unclear exactly what the nature of the conversation was between the two men or if they were known to each other, but they don't believe there was any physical altercation before the shots were fired. 

Metro officials told FOX 5 the station was closed during the time the incident occurred. 

Spicer was arrested on Thursday and is being charged with first-degree murder while armed.