WASHINGTON (WDVM) -- Detectives with the Metropolitan Police Department have charged a 50-year-old man from Capital Heights, Maryland with first degree murder after a robbery in Northeast DC.

Police were called to Eastern Avenue NE on Sunday, March 29 for an assault/robbery. The victim, 81-year-old Bobby Poole, was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. 50-year-old Tyrone Williams was arrested the same day and charged with assault with intent to commit robbery.