A man has been arrested in connection to a shooting that hospitalized another near J.H. Rose High School's practice field Wednesday afternoon.
About 6:30 p.m. the department announced on social media that Shamel Rashad Arrington, 19, had been arrested and was en route to the Pitt County Detention Center in connection to the shooting.
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