2nd Man Arrested In Death Of Woodrow Wilson Grad

WASHINGTON, DC — A second arrest has been made in the murder of Jamahri Sydnor, a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate who was shot by a stray bullet Aug. 10.

Police arrested Robert Moses, 18, of Northeast early Friday morning. He was charged with first-degree murder. Phillip Carlos McDaniel, 21, of Northeast was charged in August with assault with intent to kill.

"We have young men that go out there and they feel like they can resolve disputes with a firearm," Chief of Police Peter Newsham said. "What we had here is we had an innocent person that was caught up in that."

Sydnor, of Northeast, was driving in broad daylight in the 1400 block of Saratoga Ave. on Thursday, Aug. 10 when she was shot at about 3:32 p.m., police said. She was shot less than a mile from her home.

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"It's sickening. There are no words for it, to lose a young girl who's done everything right," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said.

Arriving officers found an adult male and Sydnor suffering from gunshot wounds. Sydnor was taken to an area hospital and succumbed to her injuries Saturday, police told Patch.

Sydnor recently graduated Woodrow Wilson High School in Northwest. She was captain of her school's cheerleading squad and a member of the choir, NBC Washington reports. She was set to start college at Florida A&M within a few days.

"She was the embodiment of what we want a Wilson grad to be," Principal Kimberly Martin told NBC Washington.

Photo: D.C. Police