On Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 6 a.m., the Connecticut-based U.S. Marshals and New Haven Police arrested Leandro Teissonniere, 64, on Davenport Avenue in New Haven. He was arrested without incident, police said.
Teissonniere is a suspect in the Dec. 11, 1978 shooting and killing of Estaban Vega on Lexington Avenue in New York City.
Teissonniere has been charged with one count of murder in the second degree, police said.
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