CLEVELAND — The suspect in a fatal shooting of an Ohio rapper was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Pennsylvania on Thursday, Jan. 17.
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U.S. Marshals arrested 25-year-old Devon Jones, who is accused of the fatal shooting of 28-year-old Carlos Banks, a Northeast Ohio rapper, CBS affiliate WOIO-19 reported.
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News Center 7 previously reported that Cleveland police said officers were called out to investigate a person shot around 4 a.m. on Dec. 29, 2024, in the Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood.
Officers found Banks, known by his stage name KashBankx, shot multiple times inside an apartment. He was pronounced dead at the scene, WOIO-19 reported.
Banks had amassed thousands of followers on social media with his rap career.
Officers identified Jones as a suspect and issued a warrant for his arrest for aggravated murder, WOIO-19 reported.
Jones was arrested on Jan. 17 in the 200 block of Washington Street, Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Officers seized illegal narcotics at the time of Jones’ arrested. He will be charged with felony drug possession in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, WOIO-19 reported.
“Our Marshals Service counterparts in western Pennsylvania responded swiftly to locate and arrest this Cleveland homicide suspect,” U.S. Marshall Pete Elliot said. “Now, the grieving family of the victim in this case is one step closer to getting the justice they deserve.”
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