Authorities in Virginia have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with a double shooting in Newport, Rhode Island. Tyquan Johnson was captured by the U.S. Marshals Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force on Wednesday morning at a residence in Newport News, Virginia.
Johnson was wanted on charges of felony assault with a firearm and discharging a firearm in a compact area following a shooting on July 19. Two men, ages 22 and 25, were found with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to their lower extremities and were treated and released.
Johnson had fled the state after investigators identified him as a suspect and obtained an arrest warrant on July 23. Authorities believed he had fled Rhode Island for Virginia and contacted the Rhode Island Violent Fugitive Task Force.
Johnson was tracked to a residence on Chestnut Avenue in Newport News and taken into custody approximately ten days after the shooting.
The arrest warrant listing Johnson's name and date of birth, January 14, 2007, raised eyebrows, as it matched the details of a young man whose premature birth had been investigated for years and ultimately approved as a miracle by a high-ranking Vatican official.
The young man's birth was marked by complications, and doctors expected catastrophic neurological damage or death after his mother's emergency cesarean. However, his heart restarted without further medical intervention, and he recovered fully, speaking at 18 months and walking at age 2 with no apparent lasting effects.
The Vatican's review of the case led to the approval of a miracle, advancing the cause of a 19th-century Spanish priest toward sainthood.
