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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; U.S. Marshals arrested a man in Wilkes-Barre on Friday for allegedly killing two people in New York City this summer.</p><p>Victor Ocasio, 28, is accused of fatally shooting two members of a family &#8212; injuring a third &#8212; in a drive-by shooting in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens.</p><p>A report from ABC 7 says 27-year-old Jasmine Quattlebaum and her cousin, 28-year-old Herman Mullings, were killed. Another cousin, William Watson, survived.</p><p>The alleged shootings occurred July 5 in retaliation for the arrest of Ocasio&#8217;s brother earlier that night at a Fourth of July party, according to the New York Daily News. The report said Ocasio&#8217;s brother had been arrested for allegedly pushing and slapping a woman while she was holding a baby.</p><p>Quattlebaum, the mother of two, was shot in the head and died at the scene, according to the Daily News.</p><p>Mullings was shot three times in the back and died several hours later at a hospital.</p><p>Ocasio is accused of driving by the home several times before he began shooting.</p><p>U.S. Marshals in New York began searching for Ocasio and received information that he had fled to the Wilkes-Barre area. That lead was passed along to the U.S. Marshals office in Scranton.</p><p>Ocasio was apprehended Friday in the 200 block of Hazle Street without incident. He was turned over to local authorities pending his extradition to New York.</p><p>The U.S. Marshals worked in connection with Wilkes-Barre Police, Scranton Police, the Lycoming County Sheriff&#8217;s Office and Pennsylvania State Police in apprehending the suspect.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Patrick Kernan at 570-991-6386 or on Twitter @PatKernan</p></shirttailMeta></div>

NYC double-homicide suspect nabbed in Wilkes-Barre