Man arrested in connection with the shootings of homeless people in New York and Washington DC

• Police said they arrested a man after multiple homeless people were shot across New York and Washington, DC.
• At least five men were shot, including two who were killed, DC police said.

A man was arrested after multiple homeless people were shot and two were killed across New York City and Washington DC, police said.

The DC Police Department said on Monday that they had identified a suspect in the shootings, and that he was "wanted in connection to 2 homicides and at least 3 additional shootings of homeless men in DC & NYC."

The police then said on Tuesday morning that the suspect had been arrested.

"He is currently being interviewed at our Homicide Branch," the police said.

One person was killed in each of the two cities, authorities said, according to The New York Times. A motive in the shootings has not been released.

The mayors of New York City and Washington had offered a $70,000 reward for information about the attacks on Monday.

At their Monday joint press conference, New York City Mayor Eric Adams denounced the shootings as a "cold-blooded attack" on the city's vulnerable homeless population.

"Homelessness should not be a homicide."