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  • How detectives traced a deadly Brandon Exchange shooting to one teen

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📰 News we're reading

• Police arrest teenager connected to Florida shooting (knewz.com) — Investigators have arrested a 16-year-old on manslaughter charges in the July shooting death of 15-year-old Jaden Law inside Dick's House of Sport at Brandon Exchange in Brandon. Authorities say surveillance video and a recovered gun from a nearby retention pond tied the suspect to the case, bringing a measure of closure to a tragedy that shook local teens and families.
   

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