By Associated Press - Sunday, February 26, 2017

HOUSE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) - Authorities say they’ve arrested a suspect in connection with a weekend shooting death south of St. Louis.

Jefferson County sheriff’s Lt. Gary Higginbotham tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (https://bit.ly/2lnGgpv ) that authorities responding to reports of shots fired found an unidentified victim’s body about 2:30 p.m. Saturday outside his home in the Sycamore Springs Mobile Home Park in House Springs.

Higginbotham says the victim had been shot multiple times.

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The suspect was arrested hours later at another location and was taken into custody. There was no immediate word Sunday about charges.

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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, https://www.stltoday.com

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