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Arrest made in Indy's first murder of 2016

Posted at 4:24 PM, Jul 25, 2016
and last updated 2016-07-25 16:24:59-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- U.S. Marshals arrested a suspect in Canton, Ohio, last month in connection with Indianapolis' first murder of 2016.

Marshals arrested 26-year-old Najee Givens on preliminary charges of murder in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Terry Williams on January 4.

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Williams was found lying dead with a gunshot wound just outside the entrance of an apartment complex near East 21st Street and North Arlington Avenue.

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Givens was taken into custody June 29 in Canton, Ohio, and extradited back to Indianapolis last week.

He was being held in the Marion County Jail awaiting trial.