ATLANTA — One of the Atlanta Police Department’s Most Wanted has been arrested in Florida three years after a deadly club shooting.
Atlanta Police Department said their fugitive unit used investigative technology to track down Jonathan Soto in Jacksonville. They then alerted local and federal authorities, who took Soto into custody.
“APD thanks its law enforcement partners for their assistance in bringing him into custody,” the department said.
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Soto was wanted for a deadly shooting at the Republic Lounge on Feb. 4, 2023. Channel 2 Action News reported at the time that Michael Gidewon, the club’s co-owner, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A witness said they saw someone get kicked out of the Republic Lounge, described as looking very drunk and carrying a gun.
A security guard said the individual and the club manager got into a fight, resulting in the manager being shot. Atlanta police identified the suspect as Soto.
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After APD alerted Jacksonville authorities, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office SWAT members and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force arrested Soto, 43, at an apartment complex on Wednesday.
Jacksonville Police said he had initially refused to come out when police surrounded the apartment where he was hiding. Officers said they had to use “an energetic door breach” to gain access.
Soto was booked in the Duval County Jail and is being held on a fugitive warrant. It’s unclear when police will extradite him back to Atlanta
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