Police arrest suspected shooter in murder of New Jersey boy gunned down in home

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Monday, February 26, 2018
Suspected gunman in murder of boy from New Jersey arrested in Florida
Joe Torres has the details after a suspected gunman was arrested in the murder of a boy from New Jersey.

ASBURY PARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- Police have arrested the suspected shooter in the [url HREF="http://abc7ny.com/teen-arrested-after-10-year-old-boy-gunned-down-at-home/3123118/" TARGET="" REL=""]murder of a 10-year-old boy in New Jersey[/url].[br /][br /]Police picked up Karon Council in Pompano Beach, Florida on Sunday night. Investigators say the 18-year-old fired the shots that killed Yovanni Banos-Merino on Wednesday night.[br /][img SRC="[br /]http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/wabc/images/cms/022518-asburyparkarrestphoto.jpg" ALIGN="" /][br /][Ads /][br /]Banos-Merino's mother was also hit, but survived.[br /][br /]The gunman was targeting a man inside the home at the time.[br /][Ads /][br /]Police also arrested a 16-year-old in connection with the shooting.[br /][br /]----------[br /]* [b][url HREF="http://abc7ny.com/new-jersey/" TARGET="" REL=""]More New Jersey news[/url][/b][br /]* [b][url HREF="http://7ny.tv/submitnewstip" TARGET="" REL=""]Send us a news tip[/url][/b][br /]* [b][url HREF="http://abc7ny.com/apps/" TARGET="" REL=""]Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts[/url][/b]