An Alexandria man is being held without bond after a 32-year-old man was shot multiple times in Old Town on Sunday night.
Davonte Keys, 30, was arrested and charged with malicious wounding shortly after a man was shot multiple times in the lobby area of the Ladrey Senior Hi-Rise apartment building at 300 Wythe Street.
The man was shot at around 8 p.m.
The Alexandria Police Department confirmed that the incident occurred inside the building. The victim was able to get through the lobby area, to the elevator and up to an apartment on the 11th floor, according to APD dispatch reports.
The victim was shot in the abdomen, the ear, and possibly the forehead, according to dispatch. He was transported with life threatening injuries to George Washington University Hospital.
Keys was arrested a block away at around 8:30 p.m. near the intersection of Pendleton and N. Royal Streets. APD also found a gun in bushes in the 500 block of Pendleton Street, according to dispatch.
Keys goes to court on Jan. 22.
APD released the following on Monday afternoon:
At approximately 8:06 p.m. last night, Alexandria Police responded to the 300 block of Wythe Street for the report of a shooting that occurred inside a building. Officers located a 32-year-old man, an Alexandria resident, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The suspect, Davonte Lamar Keys, a 30-year-old man and resident of Alexandria was taken into custody and charged with felony malicious wounding. He remains in custody without bond.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the APD Det. Escobar at 703-746-6819.
