BOSTON – A man who had been sought almost three years in the Boston Theater District killing of a 22-year-old Army veteran has been arrested in the Dominican Republic.
The U.S. Marshals Service announced Saturday 26-year-old Peter Castillo is in a U.S. jail awaiting transfer to Massachusetts. Castillo had been on the agency's most wanted list.
Police say Perez was shot in the back around 2 a.m. May 10, 2012, after an altercation at a club.
Perez was a former Army sniper who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was attending Bunker Hill Community College and planned a law enforcement career.
Boston police issued a homicide warrant for Castillo, who they believed fled to New York then to the Dominican Republic.
Federal authorities say police arrested him Thursday in Santo Domingo.
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