A man is facing charges in a deadly town house fire that left three people dead early Sunday morning, D.C. police said.
A man is facing charges in a deadly town house fire that left three people dead early Sunday morning, D.C. police said.
Police arrested Robert Simpson, 56, and charged him with three counts of murder and arson in relation to the fire, according to D.C. officials.
D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith said the incident was an act of domestic violence, as Simpson had a romantic relationship with a 34-year-old woman who was killed in the fire.
The fire broke out at a two-story town house in the 3400 block of 23rd Street, Southeast at around 5:30 a.m., according to D.C. Fire and EMS.
A 64-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were found dead. A third person, an 85-year-old woman, was alive when firefighters found her but later died at the hospital, police said.
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