UPDATE: Suspect in Fairborn homicide arrested in Kentucky

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The suspect in a shooting that killed a 32-year-old Fairborn man Monday night was taken into custody in Kentucky Wednesday.

Fairborn police identified a 38-year-old man as the suspect and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Investigators learned the man fled to Oak Grove, Kentucky, said Fairborn police Sgt. Nathan Penrod.

Around noon Wednesday Oak Grove police located the suspect and took him into custody.

The suspect will be extradited back to Greene County.

He was not formally charged as of Wednesday afternoon.

On Monday night, Fairborn police responded to a shooting reported near June Drive and Williams Street.

Officers found a man, 32-year-old Cievion Smith, with multiple gunshot wounds.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Smith lived in an apartment in the area, according to police.

Fairborn police dispatchers received multiple calls around 10:38 p.m. Monday reporting gunfire.

“Someone’s been shot and is laying by the car,” a 911 caller said. “There’s blood. He’s not moving.”

The caller said he had been shot in the chest multiple times and was breathing faintly.

They also found multiple shell casings nearby.

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