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Amarion Fletcher is one of four suspects charged in the April 20 shooting of a Tutwiler man. (Photo courtesy of Tutwiler Police Department)

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By CLAY MCFERRIN - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
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TUTWILER — The last of four known suspects in a recent shooting here has been apprehended, Tutwiler Police Chief Carlos Thompson announced Saturday afternoon.

He said Amarion Fletcher, 16, of 311 Jefferson Ave., Clarksdale, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and is being held on a $350,000 bond.
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Amarion Fletcher is one of four suspects charged in the April 20 shooting of a Tutwiler man. (Photo courtesy of Tutwiler Police Department)

Amarion Fletcher is one of four suspects charged in the April 20 shooting of a Tutwiler man. (Photo courtesy of Tutwiler Police Department)

Fourth suspect in Tutwiler shooting arrested

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TUTWILER — The last of four known suspects in a recent shooting here has been apprehended, Tutwiler Police Chief Carlos Thompson announced Saturday afternoon.

He said Amarion Fletcher, 16, of 311 Jefferson Ave., Clarksdale, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and is being held on a $350,000 bond.

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