One man died and another was arrested after a shooting in Lakewood last month turned fatal, police said.

Adrian Slaughter, 23, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 49-year-old Joshua Green, according to a news release from the Lakewood Police Department .

Lakewood officers responded to reports of a shooting near Vance Street and W. 13th Avenue on Aug. 28, police said in the release.

When they arrived, they found Green suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics took him to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

Slaughter was arrested three weeks later and taken to the Jefferson County Detention Center. His next court date had not yet been scheduled on Thursday.

This is a developing story and may be updated.

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