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N.J. fugitive charged with teen’s murder caught in Atlanta

Raheem Rudd (Credit: Fulton County Sheriff's Office)
Raheem Rudd (Credit: Fulton County Sheriff's Office)
By Ellen Eldridge
July 12, 2017

A 24-year-old New Jersey man was arrested Tuesday in Atlanta, FBI officials said.

Raheem Rudd is charged with murder in connection with the Jan. 22 shooting of 16-year-old Kevin Barber, FBI Atlanta spokesman Stephen Emmett said in a news release.

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Rudd is also accused of shooting three other teenagers, who all survived, at the John Hyatt Court Complex, a Newark Housing Authority-run facility, according to NJ.com.

Rudd was in the Fulton County jail on Wednesday awaiting extradition to New Jersey.

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