United State Army sniper Stephen Perez Jr. is seen in an undated photo. Perez was shot and killed in the Theatre District of Boston early Saturday morning.
Facebook photo courtesy of Perez family.
[From article]
The international manhunt for Perez’s suspected killer, Peter Castillo, 26, of Salem, ended Thursday night when he was arrested by authorities in Santo Domingo after a brief foot chase, U.S. Marshals said.
“Upon arrival, authorities discovered Castillo, with the help of local neighbors, fled the residence and hid in the neighborhood,” the U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement. “After a brief search, authorities located and arrested him at approximately 6:15 p.m.”
Castillo, who was added to the U.S. Marshals 15 Most Wanted fugitive list in October, was wanted for allegedly shooting and killing Perez following an early-morning fight outside a nightclub in Boston’s Theatre District.
Perez, a former Army sniper who had served in Afghanistan, was studying at Bunker Hill Community College and wanted to be a Revere cop. He was shot in the back on Tremont Street just before 2 a.m. The fight that police say triggered the slaying was caught on video.
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Castillo was indicted in June 2012 on charges of first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm, Wark said. Also indicted were two co-defendants, Luis Sepelveda, 30, and Janice Hardy, 24, who were both charged with perjury and misleading investigators for allegedly lying to Boston homicide detectives and the Suffolk grand jury during the probe of Perez’s slaying.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/01/worldwide_manhunt_nets_boston_slay_suspect
Worldwide manhunt nets Boston slay suspect
Army vet gunned down in Theatre District
Sunday, January 18, 2015
By: Owen Boss
Boston Herald
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