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Franklin did not resist capture

A suspected teenage killer on the run for more than two months after

allegedly gunning down a man at a Butler apartment complex in March had

been hiding out for much of that time in Richmond, Va., authorities said.

More recently, David “Dae Dae” Jabril Franklin, 19, of Brackenridge was

staying at a home in the city, Virginia’s capital, about 350 miles from

Butler.

That’s where his luck ran out Thursday afternoon. And the target of the

manhunt, who was believed to be armed and dangerous, didn’t put up a fight.

“Contact was made at the house and he was told to come out, and he did,”

Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Jon Gallagher of the U.S. Marshals

Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force said Friday.

Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service, Capitol Area Regional Fugitive

Task Force arrested and handcuffed Franklin, who was taken away for

processing.

He was booked into the Henrico County Jail at 6 p.m., some three hours

later.

The now former fugitive remains behind bars while awaiting extradition

back to Butler County to face homicide charges.

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