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Suspect In Custody For Fatal Tiki Bar Shooting In Maryland, Sheriff Says

A man wanted on multiple counts of murder following a deadly bar fight early on Saturday morning has been arrested, the Harford County Sheriff's Office announced.

D&M’s Tiki Bar and Crab Deck

D&M’s Tiki Bar and Crab Deck

Photo Credit: Google Maps street view

Parrise Marcellous Valentine, 33, has been arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Dajuan Kyree Simmons, 24, who was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds at D&M’s Tiki Bar and Crab Deck shortly after midnight on Feb. 17. 

Both men are from Aberdeen.

At approximately 12:08 a.m. on Saturday morning, deputies from the Harford County Sheriff's Office were called to the 2200 block of Pulaski Highway in Edgewood to investigate reports of shots fired.

Upon arrival at the business, they found Simmons, who was rushed to the University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Medical Center by responding paramedics, where he was pronounced dead early on Saturday morning.

On Tuesday morning, the sheriff's office announced that Valentine was arrested in Philadelphia on Monday and charged with first- and second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, and other offenses related to the shooting.

He is awaiting extradition back to Harford County to face the murder charges.

The incident remains under investigation.

Anyone with information has been asked to contact Det. Smith at the sheriff's ofice by calling (443) 409-3576.

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