17-year-old suspected for Wisconsin mall shooting apprehended in Iowa.

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Four days after the Sunday shooting at Fox River Mall in Grand Chute, Wisconsin, outside Green Bay, a 17-year-old teen has been arrested.

Suspect Dezman V. Ellis was arrested in Iowa for a shooting that left Jovanni Frausto, 19, dead, and forced mallgoers to shelter in place while authorities investigated. Another man was shot in the hip, who has not yet been identified.

 WBAY-TV of Green Bay reported that the teen is being charged as an adult in the case.

U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested the suspect in Des Moines, around 400 miles from the crime scene, without incident, according to the Post-Crescent of Appleton, Wisconsin.

Before that, the Grand Chute Police Department asked the U.S. Marshals Service to assist after the department found out the suspect reportedly head out of the state.

Publish : 2021-02-05 16:25:00

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