By Associated Press - Friday, April 28, 2017

YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - Police say officers have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy on a Yakima sidewalk earlier this week.

Yakima police say Luiz Barrera of Yakima was arrested Friday afternoon.

Police planned to book him into jail on suspicion of first-degree murder.



Police say the teen was walking Monday when he was hit by gunfire from a passing vehicle.

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