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Suspect in fatal shooting at Waterbury social club arrested

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NBCConnecticut.com

Connecticut U.S. marshals have arrested a suspect in a fatal shooting at "The Bunker," a social club in Waterbury last month.

They said Joshua Morales, 29, is a suspect in the murder of 40-year-old Gregory Robertson, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, on July 16.

The Connecticut U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force worked with Waterbury and Hartford police officers, found Morales in an apartment on Washington Street in Hartford Wednesday morning and arrested him, officials said.

They said he is being charged with murder, possession of a large-capacity magazine, illegal alteration to a firearm, criminal possession of a firearm and use of a machine gun in a violent crime.

Morales was transported to the Waterbury Police Department.

He is being held on a $3.5 million, police saud.

Police said they have obtained an arrest warrant charging 34-year-old Andrew Dennis, the owner of the social club, with reckless endangerment in the second degree and operation of an unlicensed bar and they are trying to find him.

Anyone with information on where he is is asked to call the Waterbury Police Department Detective Bureau at 203-755-1234 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (203) 755-1234.

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