Shooting suspect arrested

Published 10:15 pm Thursday, April 6, 2017

Suffolk Police Department’s No. 1 most wanted man was arrested in New York Thursday morning by the U.S. Marshals Service.

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Gary Lee Legette was apprehended without incident at an apartment building in the Bronx. He was wanted on multiple felony counts stemming from a shooting on Feb. 23.

The shooting was reported at 3:26 p.m. that day. Police responded to Sentara Obici Hospital, where an adult male had been transported by acquaintances due to a gunshot wound, according to a city press release.

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Preliminary investigation found that the incident occurred at a residence in the 300 block of Gloucester Street in the South Suffolk neighborhood, according to the press release.

The victim was 28-year-old Kevon J. Artis, of Suffolk. His injuries were not considered life-threatening, according to the release.

Legette, of Suffolk, is charged with aggravated malicious wounding, three counts of attempted malicious wounding, shoot, stab, cut or wound, shooting from a vehicle, shooting into an occupied building, discharging a firearm in public with injury and eight counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.