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Third man charged in fatal shooting last month in Durham

Durham Police Department

A 21-year-old man was arrested Sunday in connection with a shooting last month that left a man dead in Durham, according to police.

Oscar Saul Velis-Argueta is the third person charged with murder in the Dec. 16 death of 31-year-old Abel Corroles, Durham police announced Monday.

Corroles was found in the 3000 block of Guess Road shortly before 5 a.m. that day.

Manuel Meija-Mendoza and Kevin Antonio Linares-Romero were charged in the case last month, The News & Observer previously reported.

Velis-Argueta is being held in the Durham County jail without bond, a police spokeswoman said.

Simone Jasper
The News & Observer
Simone Jasper is a service journalism reporter at The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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