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Alleged gang member Luis Alfredo Carranza-Andrade, 20, of Northwest, Washington, D.C., was wanted in the fatal shooting of Javier Chaj-Ajtun, 33, of Trenton, last August.
The fancy footwear -- apparently worn by the suspect at the time of the killing -- helped US Marshals to identify him when they tracked him down in Nebraska, according to NJ Advance Media.
Eyewitnesses and area surveillance cameras combined to ID Carranza-Andrade as a suspect, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office.
On Aug. 13, Carranza-Andrade was on North Anderson Street in Trenton when he allegedly approached a van occupied by Chaj-Ajtun. After a brief conversation, the victim was reportedly shot in the face, the prosecutor said.
Carranza-Andrade was extradited back to New Jersey after his Nebraska arrest, and appeared at a Trenton detention hearing Thursday in Superior Court, the prosecutor's office said.
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