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Man Arrested In Connection To Shots Fired Incident Near WVU Campus

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (KDKA) -- A man has been arrested for firing shots near the West Virginia University campus earlier this month.

The U.S. Marshals' Mountain State Fugitive Task Force took 21-year-old Shaiheed Moore into custody in Charleston on Thursday.

Moore was arrested on a University Police Department warrant for felony wanton endangerment.

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(Photo Credit: West Virginia Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority)

The incident happened around 1 a.m. on Oct. 7.

Witnesses told police Moore and several other men were arguing on North High Street when Moore allegedly pulled out a gun, fired it into the air and then ran away.

Officers found fired bullet casings on the ground when they arrived on the scene.

Moore, who is not a West Virginia University student, was sent to West Virginia's South Central Regional Jail.

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