SPRINGFIELD – A South Carolina fugitive wanted for a murder warrant was arrested Thursday morning at a residence near Boston Road near the border with the city of Wilbraham, according to police.
Department spokesman Ryan Walsh said a team of local, state, municipal and federal police officers arrested Tyshawn Jordan, 19, of Moore, South Carolina, at a home on Fernbank Road after learning he was staying there. The police executed a search warrant at 6:30 am
The agencies included the City Police Department’s Warrant Arrest Unit, the Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, the State Police Violent Fugitives Apprehension Unit, and the US Marshal Task Force.
Jordan is quoted in an arrest warrant issued in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, on charges of murder by firearm in connection with a recent homicide in that country.
The Republican contacted authorities in South Carolina for details about the murder, but received no response.
It is unclear how long Jordan had been staying at the Fernbank Road residence.
Spartanburg County is about 850 miles south of Springfield.