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BROOKFIELD, Vt. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with a shooting in Vermont in May that left one man dead and another injured.

Devon Dennis, 43, of Hartford, Connecticut, was arrested Saturday as he arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on a plane from Jamaica, Vermont State Police said in a statement.

Dennis is jailed pending an initial appearance next week in Queens County Criminal Court. He will be extradited to Vermont to face second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder charges. An email seeking comment was left with a defense attorney listed in court records.

This photograph provided by William Collins shows the string bean fields that were decimated at his farm's fields by flood waters about a week earlier at Fair Weather Growers, Sunday July 16, 2023, in Rocky Hill, Conn. Prior to the flooding, the fields were thriving. When devastating rains swept through the region, farmers in the Northeast were dealt a devastating blow at the worst possible time. (William Collins photo via AP)

When rains swept through the Northeast, farmers in the region were dealt a devastating blow at the worst possible time.

FILE - This photo provided by the Vermont State Police shows Rutland City Police Officer Jessica Ebbighausen. The 19-year-old Vermont police officer who died in a head-on collision with a burglary suspect she was pursuing was remembered Tuesday, July 18, 2023, as a young woman who was passionate about law enforcement and public service and was devoted to her family. More than 1,000 people, including Vermont Gov. Phil Scott and hundreds of law enforcement officers from across New England and New York, attended the funeral service for Ebbighausen. She died Friday, July 7. (Vermont State Police via AP, File)

Nineteen-year-old Vermont police officer Jessica Ebbighausen, who died in a car chase with a burglary suspect, is being remembered as a young woman who was passionate about law enforcement and was devoted to her family.

Congregation member Gayle McFarland, of Montpelier, Vt., collects sodden table cloths in the basement of Bethany Church, in downtown Montpelier, Thursday, July 13, 2023. In Vermont, communities were cleaning up Thursday from the floods that were more destructive in some places than 2011's Tropical Storm Irene. (Jeb Wallace-Brodeur/The Times Argus via AP)

Vermont is preparing for the next round of storms — and possibly a tornado — as people took advantage of a second day of calm weather to clean up from historic flooding that damaged thousands of homes, businesses and roads, and left some residents stranded.

Melissa Morgan, of Northfield, Mass., looks at the water flow at the Whetstone Brook in Brattleboro, Vt., Monday, July 10, 2023. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

Heavy rain has washed out roads and forced evacuations in the Northeast, especially in Vermont and New York.

Juan Sierra, 27, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was shot and killed in Brookfield, Vermont on May 12. He was pronounced dead at the scene from a gunshot wound to the torso.

Miguel Fuentes, 29, also of Springfield, Massachusetts, was also shot but drove from the scene and was assisted by a passerby several miles away, police said. The passerby called 911. He was taken to the hospital and survived.

The shooting was drug-related, police said.

Police identified Dennis as a suspect and learned that he had traveled to Jamaica on May 13 from Bradley International Airport in Connecticut. He flew back from Jamaica on Saturday where he was met and arrested by members of Homeland Security Investigations, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the New York City Police Department, the U.S. Marshals Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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