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Las Vegas police arrest suspect in serial shootings

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Las Vegas police announced a man has been taken into custody for four shootings, including the deaths of two homeless men. He has been identified him as 26-year-old Joshua Castellon. 

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Dan McGrath said the man is a local. He was arrested on Feb. 16 by a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms on a federal weapons charge related to LVMPD's case. 

On Feb. 20, an arrest warrant was issued for Castellon on two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder. 

Castellon will be booked into the Clark County Detention Center after the resolution of the federal case. 

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