Associated Press - June 15, 2009 6:34 AM ET
NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - A man wanted in connection with a slaying in Louisiana has been captured in Rhode Island.
Authorities say 20-year-old Joshua Parker of Mansfield, La. was arrested Saturday in Newport by state police and U.S. marshals.
The Providence Journal reports that Parker is being held as a fugitive from justice.
Parker is 1 of 2 men suspected of fatally shooting 17-year-old Phillip Livigni in Shreveport on June 5. The other man, identified as 20-year-old Norman "Don" Heflin, remains at large.
Parker faces a charge of first-degree murder in his home state.
Authorities did not say why Parker was in Rhode Island.
Information from: The Providence Journal, http://www.projo.com/
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