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Police Get Break In 2 Murder Cases

DETROIT (WWJ) - Detroit police announce breaks in two murder cases Monday afternoon.

A 17-year-old has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a Wayne State University football player. Quinton King is accused of killing 20-year-old Cortez Smith outside a club on Larned last month.

King will be back in court on June 21.

Police are still  looking for another man - Anton Blevins - in the case.

Officials also say they arrested a man named Duane Thomas in a triple murder last week on Orangelawn Street in Detroit. They are still looking for three other men - Roderick and Jamar Gibson and Omar Johnson - in connection with that case.

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