ASHEVILLE - City police officers took a suspect into custody Nov. 20 after an investigation into a violent assault led officers to a nearby murder scene near Biltmore Village.

Asheville Police Department officers responded to Warren Avenue in the Shiloh community around 10:15 p.m. on Nov. 20 to help EMS with a man who "who appeared severely beaten," the department said in a news release Nov. 21. The man was transported to Mission Hospital for treatment. An arrest warrant says the man was assaulted with a metal pipe, according to a copy obtained by the Citizen Times.

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