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Man Arrested In Deadly New Castle Shooting

NEW CASTLE (KDKA) - A man accused of shooting and killing another man in New Castle was arrested.

Police announced the arrest of 26-year-old Juan Aviles Suarez on Monday.

PRESS RELEASE HOMICIDE SUSPECT ARREST The New Castle City Police Department has made an arrest in the April 9, 2020...

Posted by New Castle Police Department on Monday, April 13, 2020

New Castle Police filed homicide charges against him yesterday after a deadly shooting.

Suarez is being charged with the shooting and killing of 26-year-old Eiram Alfonso Santiago-Hernandez.

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Photo Credit: New Castle Police

The shooting took place on Thursday, April 9 around 8 p.m. near Pin Oak Drive in the Oak Leaf Gardens Housing Complex.

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The New Castle Police Department thanked the U.S. Marshals service out of Pittsburgh for their help finding Suarez.

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