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Boston police arrest murder suspect in Delaware
By Globe Staff
Boston police today announced the arrest of a man in Delaware accused of fatally shooting a teenager in Roxbury on Feb. 8.
Boston police traveled to Delaware to arrest Jose M. Delacruz, 21, of Dorchester, according to a press release.
Delacruz is accused of shooting Tyrice Brown, 18, of Roxbury in a store on the corner of Warren Street and Blue Hill Avenue. Brown, a senior at Monument High School in South Boston, was rushed to Boston Medical Center and pronounced dead.
Boston detectives secured a murder warrant in Roxbury District Court and arrested Delacruz in Delaware with the help of US Marshalls and local police.
Delacruz has been charged as a fugitive from justice and will be arraigned in Delaware. When Delacruz returns to Boston, he will be charged with murder, police said.
