Prosecutors: Suspect played music after homeless shooting

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ASHRAF KHALIL
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors say a man suspected of shooting five homeless people in Washington and New York City and killing two of them appeared to hold up a phone and play music after he shot one of the victims. They say Gerald Brevard was caught when a longtime friend identified him after police linked the cases through ballistics evidence, telephone records and the suspect’s social media posts. The 30-year-old suspect was ordered held without bail on a first-degree murder charge in connection with the death of 54-year-old Morgan Holmes in Washington. Brevard has not been formally charged in the other Washington shootings or the New York cases.