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Two suspects in Waco murder arrested in Arkansas

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WACO, TX — Two people accused of being involved in a Waco murder were arrested in Arkansas on Wednesday.

Waco police said Casey Wade Hughes, 21, and Justice Allen Stanford, 25, were arrested in Clinton, Arkansas in connection to an East Waco murder.

On the night of April 1, police found Preston Jerome Scott, 29, with a gunshot wound lying in the intersection of Dallas Street and Carver Avenue.

Police said Hughes and Stanford will be extradited back to Waco. The investigation is ongoing.