KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The Kansas City, Kansas Police Department announced that a suspect who was on the run since a March shooting on Ridge Avenue has been arrested.

According to court documents, Rene Najera, 21, of Kansas City, Kansas, has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Anderson Murcia-Cartagena, 18.

He also faces charges of aggravated battery and aggravated assault. Najera is being held at the Wyandotte County Jail on a $150,000 bond.

According to KCKPD, officers were called to Ridge Avenue near South 16th Street just before 9 p.m. on March 26. There, they found one man shot inside a vehicle and two other victims in the street.

The shooting left three men hurt. All three were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Murcia-Cartagena later die

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