An arrest has been made in connection with a fatal shooting earlier this month near the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Manchester police were called to the area of 61 Lowell St., the address of the popular diner, on Saturday, Nov. 18, around 1:12 a.m. for a reported motor vehicle accident. They were called back to the area less than an hour later, around 2:02 a.m., for a report of a shooting.
Responding officers found 42-year-old Carlos Rodriguez, of Manchester, suffering from apparent gunshot wounds. He was taken to Elliott Hospital, where he later died from his injuries. An autopsy determined he died from multiple gunshot wounds and that his death was a homicide.
On Tuesday, the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office said 31-year-old Giovanne Morris, formerly of Manchester, had been arrested earlier in the day in Malden, Massachusetts, on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm at the time of the shooting.
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He was arraigned Tuesday in Malden District Court as a fugitive from justice, according to the Massachusetts State Police, who shared more information on the circumstances around Morris' arrest.
When officers knocked on the door of the apartment on Kennedy Street where Morris was tracked to, he jumped from the fifth-floor balcony to an adjacent one, police said. However, he was persuaded to surrender peacefully.
Prosecutors in New Hampshire and Massachusetts were arranging for Morris to be brought over state lines to face charges in the shooting.
Investigators have identified all of the parties involved in the fatal shooting, according to the district attorney's office, and the investigation into whether the person who shot Rodriguez was acting in self defense is ongoing.
The district attorney's office said they believe there are additional bystanders who have not come forward to report what they saw or heard. Anyone with direct information about the event or who was behind or outside the Red Arrow Diner is asked to call Manchester police at 603-668-8711.
