Members of the public are invited to attend a candlelight vigil tonight to honor slain D.C. Council intern Alonte Sutton. Details below, courtesy the office of Council member Michael A. Brown:…

WTOP is reporting that D.C. Police have arrested a suspect in the murder of Alonte Sutton. Omare Ishmael Cotton, 28, has been charged with first degree murder in the crime. The body of Sutton, 18, was found Sunday in a wooded area near the 200 block of Newcomb Street SE. Sutton attended Ballou Senior High School and had twice worked as an intern for the D.C. Council. Family members have said that Sutton was…

Statements honoring 18-year-old D.C. Council intern Alonte Sutton are landing in our inbox. Sutton was shot and killed in Southeast D.C. at some point over the weekend, his body discovered Sunday afternoon in a wooded area near the 200 block of Newcomb Street SE. Sutton was a senior at Ballou Senior High School, and served as a D.C. Council intern two times, once last summer in the office of At-large Council member Michael A….