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17-year-old arrested after man found shot, killed in crashed car in Orlando

Tenaje Johnson faces 1st-degree murder charge

ORLANDO, Fla. – A 17-year-old boy was arrested early Tuesday after a man was found shot to death in a crashed car earlier this month, according to the Orlando Police Department.

Tenaje Johnson is accused of shooting and killing 19-year-old Christopher Dumesle.

Dumesle was found with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle that had crashed into a home, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Details of what led to the shooting have not been released.

Johnson faces charges of first-degree murder with a firearm, attempted robbery with a firearm and shooting into an occupied vehicle.


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