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Suspect in W.Va. slaying arrested in Washington County

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Authorities have arrested a Smith Township man wanted in the February killing of another man near Wellsburg, W.Va.

Smith Township police, U.S. marshals and deputies from Washington County and Brooke County (W.Va.) arrested Rocco Zucarro, 28, during a traffic stop on Bavington Road around 9:30 a.m. today.

He faces a first-degree murder charge and is being lodged in the Washington County Jail without bond while awaiting extradition back to West Virginia.

The Brooke County sheriff’s department said Zucarro killed Jason Pratz at a home in McKinleyville on Feb. 18.

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