Waterbury

Suspect in Halloween Killing in Waterbury in Police Custody

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NBC Connecticut

Police have identified a suspect in the shooting death of a man in Waterbury on Halloween and he is in police custody.

Investigators said they obtained an arrest warrant charging Clarence Rhodes, 43, of Waterbury, with murder.

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They said Rhodes shot and killed 23-year-old Xavier Pellot on Oct. 31, around 4 p.m. on Willow Street

Pellot was dropped off at Waterbury Hospital where he later died of his injuries, police said.

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The Waterbury Police Department Major Crimes and Warrant Squad detectives, with the assistance of the U.S Marshals Fugitive

Task Force, took Rhodes into custody Wednesday from law enforcement officials in Jacksonville, Florida and transported him back to Waterbury, where Rhodes was served with an active arrest warrant charging him with murder, criminal attempt at murder, criminal use of a weapon, criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, illegal discharge of a firearm and reckless endangerment, police said.

He was also served with three outstanding failure to appear warrants for not attending scheduled court dates for other previous pending cases, police said.

Rhodes was held on $2.4 million bond and arraigned in court Thursday.

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