Arrest made 15 years after Miami player’s fatal shooting

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Published August 19, 2021 1:06 PM

MIAMI (AP) — A former University of Miami football player has been arrested in connection with the 2006 fatal shooting of his teammate Bryan Pata. Miami-Dade police say 35-year-old Rashaun Jones was arrested Thursday in Marion County on a first-degree murder warrant by Miami-Dade police and the U.S. Marshals Service. Investigators said they learned through numerous interviews that Pata and Jones had experienced confrontations before the shooting. Pata was a 22-year-old defensive lineman who was shot several times outside of his Kendall apartment the night of Nov. 7, 2006. Jones was being held in Marion County, awaiting extradition to Miami-Dade.

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