Suspect Arrested In Connection With Long Beach Fatal Shooting
LONG BEACH (CBS) — A man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Long Beach was arrested in Cleveland after allegedly trying to evade paying a transit fare, police said Wednesday.
Mark Thurwachter was suspected of fatally shooting 60-year-old neighbor Marvin Williams during a confrontation at around 6:40 p.m. on February 1, in the 200 block of East Arbor Street.
Thurwachter, 56, was arrested on March 28, during a fare evasion investigation conducted by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.
He was awaiting extradition back to Long Beach.
Anyone with additional information on the killing was asked to call Long Beach homicide detectives Scott Lasch or Donald Goodman at (562) 570-7244.
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