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Third suspect in Harvard slaying returning to Massachusetts

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By Globe Staff

A third New York man has been arrested in the shooting death of a Cambridge man at a Harvard University dorm in May, the Middlesex district attorney's office said today..

Jason Aquino, 23, was arrested without incident Thursday afternoon at his home in Manhattan. In a Manhattan courtroom today, Aquino agreed to be brought back to Massachusetts and could be arraigned in Cambridge District Court as early as Monday, officials said today.

Aquino is charged with first-degree murder, accessory after the fact of murder, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm, in the death of Justin Cosby.

“We now have in custody all three men who we believe were involved in the shooting death of Justin Cosby,” Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said.

Prosecutors say Jabrai Jordan Copney, Blayn Jiggetts, and Aquino, none of whom were students at Harvard University, arranged for a meeting on May 18 with Cosby, intending to rob him. Cosby, 21, was shot to death during the meeting in a common area inside the Kirkland House student residence.

Copney was arrested May 21; Jiggetts was arrested June 9. Jiggetts remains in New York custody where he is fighting being brought to the Bay State.