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Suspect Extradited to USVI to Face 2014 Murder Charge

Carlos Norman was extradited to the U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday, arrested and charged with murder in a 2014 homicide, the V.I. Police Department reported.

Police photo of Carlos Norman.

Norman and other individuals are suspected in the Oct. 19, 2014, shooting and killing of 22-year-old Shacoi Benjamin outside the former Blitz Night Club.

According to police, Norman was serving a sentence on an unrelated charge in a federal prison in North Carolina. A Superior Court warrant was issued for him and he waived extradition.

He is charged with first-degree murder, unlawful possession of a fireman, reckless endangerment, first-degree assault, and aiding and abetting, and was being detained by the Bureau of Corrections pending his advice of rights hearing.

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