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New Yorker, 18, charged in double W. Philly murder

A New York City teenager has been arrested in a drug-related shooting in West Philadelphia that left two men dead and a third wounded just days before Christmas, police said.

A New York City teenager has been arrested in a drug-related shooting in West Philadelphia that left two men dead and a third wounded just days before Christmas, police said.

Detectives had been seeking Marco Joaquin, 18, since the Dec. 22 shooting on in house on the 4600 block of Chester Avenue. He was arrested Monday, but police did not say where.

Killed in the shooting were Anthony Fletcher, 33, who lived in the house where the gunfire erupted, and Dwayne Page, 29, of Southwest Philadelphia.

A third man was wounded in the attack, but survived his wounds.

Joaquin, of Manhattan, is charged with murder, attempted murder, robbery and related offenses.