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Police Arrest Teen Wanted For Murder

Posted: 4:40 am EDT July 10,2009Updated: 4:55 am EDT July 10,2009

GASTONIA, N.C. -- Police arrested a teen wanted for murder Thursday.

Investigators said Alfonso Lewis, 18, and Adrian Perkins were robbing a man at gunpoint in Gastonia on July Fourth. The victim tried to grab the gun and it fired, hitting and killing Perkins.

The victim was OK but Lewis went on the run. Police arrested him Thursday and he is charged with first-degree murder.

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