Home Depot Shooting Suspect Charged with First-Degree Murder

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Home Depot Shooting Suspect Charged with First-Degree Murder

The V.I. Police Department officially arrested 23-year-old Justin A. Matthews at 6:30 p.m. Sunday and charged him with first-degree murder in the Saturday afternoon shooting death of 20 year-old Keoner Barron.

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