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Accused W. Va. killer of 3 caught in Pa.

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - Pennsylvania State Police have captured a man accused of killing three other men in West Virginia.

Police in Pennsville Township, New Jersey, say 32-year-old Erick Shute was taken into custody in Chester County, Pennsylvania, early Tuesday morning.

Pennsville police had issued an alert on their Facebook page late Monday saying they were looking for Shute, who used to live there.

The New York Daily News reports Shute is accused of shooting three men to death Monday near Cacapon Resort State Park in rural Morgan County, West Virginia. The shooting sparked a massive manhunt.

No other information was immediately available. The investigation is ongoing.

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