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TexasTowelie

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Wed Feb 1, 2017, 01:27 AM Feb 2017

William Shakespeare arrested for 2016 Mattapan killing

A fugitive named William Shakespeare, accused of a June 2016 killing in Mattapan, was captured this morning in the Bronx.

Shakespeare, 29, was indicted by a grand jury last September after the June 14 fatal shooting of Marcus Hall inside a Mattapan barber shop.

"Boston Police Homicide detectives and prosecutors from Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley's office worked tirelessly investigating and ultimately identifying Shakespeare as the suspect responsible for this brazen daytime murder," Boston Police said in a statement. "The investigation led authorities to believe that Shakespeare fled the state shortly after the murder to avoid capture."

A lengthy investigation ensued, until the Boston Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit, US Marshals and NYPD located and arrested Shakespeare Tuesday morning in the Bronx, New York.

Read more: http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/01/william_shakespeare_arrested_f.html

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