PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A sixth suspect has been arrested for the 2022 shooting outside Roxborough High School that left four teens injured and one, 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde, dead.

Zaakir McClendon, 20, is charged with murder, five counts of attempted murder and related offenses.

McClendon was arrested for an unrelated murder in July. It was after that arrest when, police say, they discovered McClendon matched DNA recovered from the Elizalde murder.

Detectives then obtained the suspect's phone records, which showed frequent contact around the time of the murder with at least two individuals already charged in the case, investigators said Friday.

Police went on to say they also discovered a possible motive for the gunfire in those messages.

The shooting happened on the afternoon

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