1GAITHERSBURG, MD – Authorities have arrested one of two men wanted in connection with a deadly North Bethesda apartment shooting that left a 29-year-old man dead last month.

Investigators say 18-year-old Joshua Carter was taken into custody Wednesday by members of the U.S. Marshals Service in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Carter was wanted for the September 21 killing of Akwalabeng Fontava inside Fontava’s North Bethesda apartment.

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18-year-old Joshua Carter was arrested in North Carolina for the fatal September 21 shooting of Akwalabeng Fontava.

Carter faces charges including first-degree murder, kidnapping, and armed robbery.

A second suspect, 25-year-old Justin Michael Greene Collins, remains wanted by police.

Arrest made after multi-state investigation

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