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Man arrested in New York in connection with Rapid City double homicide

RAPID CITY, S.D. – Police in Rapid City say an arrest has been made in connection with the shooting death of two people August 24th.

Police say 36-year-old Arnson Absolu of Bronx, New York was taken into custody in New York for charges relating to the First Degree Murder of Charles Red Willow and Ashley Nagy in Rapid City. The two were found shot to death inside of a car.

Absolu is currently in custody in a New York jail and awaiting extradition to South Dakota.  The Rapid City Police Department and the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the double homicide.

The investigation of this double homicide was assisted by the New York Police Department, Manchester Police Department in New Hampshire, New York District Attorney’s Office, Bronx District Attorney’s Office, FBI, ATF, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and U.S. Marshals Service.

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