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Suspect Arrested in Fatal Shooting of 20-Year-Old Man in The Bronx

December 19, 2012 3:30pm | Updated December 19, 2012 3:30pm
Cops have arrested Jamel Hunter, 30, in connection with a fatal shooting Nov. 30, 2012.
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WEST FARMS—Police have arrested a man in connection with a fatal November shooting inside his own Bronx apartment building.

Cops say Jamel Hunter, 30, shot Paris Thomas, 20, in the torso and legs about 9 a.m. Nov. 30 inside an East 178th Street apartment, between Bryant Avenue and Boston Road.

Thomas was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Hunter was arrested Tuesday and charged with murder, manslaughter, criminal use of a firearm and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.

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