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Arrest Made in Las Vegas Strip Shooting Deaths

By Jason Kandel and Nyree Arabian, NBC Los Angeles

Credit: Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept.

Ammar Harris, 26

February 28, 2013 Updated Feb 28, 2013 at 6:12 PM PDT

The suspect in last week's triple slaying on the Las Vegas Strip has been arrested in Los Angeles, the Clark County District Attorney's Office said on Thursday.

Ammar Harris, 26, was taken into custody in LA in connection with the shooting death of Oakland rapper Kenneth Wayne Cherry Jr. aka Kenny Clutch, officials said.

Details about his arrest were not immediately available. KSNV, NBC's affiliate in Las Vegas, reported that the suspect was hiding out in LA at a friend's home that a task force of officers had been watching.

Las Vegas police expect to have more information about the arrest at an afternoon press conference.

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