MPD Makes an Arrest in a Galen Street Shooting in Southeast
A 17-year-old has been arrested on a DC Superior Court warrant and charged as an adult in a shooting that left an adult man wounded in the 1600 block of Galen Street SE, police announced Monday.
The Metropolitan Police Department has announced an arrest in a Southeast shooting, in a case that reaches back to a September night in the Seventh District. The shooting happened on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at approximately 9:52 p.m., in the 1600 block of Galen Street, Southeast, police said.
Seventh District officers responding to the report of a shooting located an adult male, conscious and breathing, suffering from gunshot wounds, according to the department's account. Police did not release the victim's name or a further condition in the release.
On Friday, October 23, 2026, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, the suspect — identified by police as Nehemniah Tollar, 17, of Southeast DC — was arrested and charged as an adult under Title 16 with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (Gun), the department said. The case is recorded under CCN 26122117.
The arrest moves the Galen Street case into court more than a year after the shooting. The charge is an allegation, and the case will now proceed in DC Superior Court.
