Missouri murder suspect arrested in Minneapolis

Law enforcement officers from Minnesota and Missouri have arrested a man in Minneapolis who is wanted for murder in St. Louis.

A group of officers led by U.S. marshals from Minnesota arrested the suspect Tuesday morning in an apartment in Minneapolis. They were accompanied by police officers from Minneapolis and St. Louis.

The suspect and an accomplice are alleged to have shot and killed another man while he worked on an automobile in St. Louis. The accomplice was apprehended a short time later by St. Louis police.

Investigators in Missouri got information that the other suspect had fled to Minneapolis. He was arrested at apartment of a family member without incident.

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