Man accused of killing Washington teen arrested in Orem

Man accused of killing Washington teen arrested in Orem


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SALT LAKE CITY — A man suspected of fighting a group of teenagers in Washington and killing one of them was arrested in Utah on Monday. On Wednesday, the Salt Lake City FBI office announced that Utah County and federal authorities arrested 20-year-old Jose Antonio Cedeno-Ponce in a local business. On Jan 10, Cedeno-Ponce drove to Tukwila, Washington, to "engage in a fight with high schoolers and armed himself with a knife before anyone approached him," according to the FBI. The FBI said Cedeno-Ponce fatally struck a victim, fled the state, and abandoned his vehicle in Idaho. KING 5 reported the victim was a 16-year-old boy. “Task forces allow law enforcement to seamlessly work together with the shared goal of keeping our communities safe,” said Mehtab Syed, the Special Agent in Charge of the Salt Lake City FBI. “It’s important that the defendant face the serious charges brought against him.” Cedeno-Ponce was held at the Utah County Jail and will be extradited to Washington. He was charged with second-degree felony murder in the Superior Court of Washington for King County.

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