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Police Make Arrest In Beaver Falls Fatal Shooting

BEAVER FALLS (KDKA) -- Police have made an arrest in a fatal shooting earlier this month in Beaver County.

According to our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 21-year-old Tyrone Savage has been taken into custody in connection with the death of 23-year-old Anthony Slappy, Jr.

Savage has been charged with homicide and is being held in the Beaver County Prison, the Post-Gazette reports.

A warrant was issued for his arrest earlier this week.

Slappy was fatally shot May 9 on Tank Alley near his grandmother's home in Beaver Falls.

He died in the hospital a few hours later.

The Post-Gazette reports Savage has a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 3.

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