CHARLOTTE — A 20-year-old man connected with the shooting death of a 15-year-old boy on Jan. 19 in the Bronx, New York, was arrested Wednesday in east Charlotte, authorities said.
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Jamir Scarboro was apprehended at a home on Mossborough Court, which is near Lawyers Road in east Charlotte, according to the U.S. Marshals Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force.
He is scheduled to be in court at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Scarbro was wanted by the New York City Police Department in the killing of Josue Lopez-Ortega. A 16-year-old was shot in the leg that day, as well, ABC 7 reported. The shooting happened near the Police Athletic League’s South Bronx Center.
Scarbro was booked into the Mecklenburg County Jail on a fugitive charge where he is being held without bond while he awaits extradition proceedings.
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