Suspect in Providence murder turns himself in

A Woonsocket man is in custody in the shooting death of a Providence man last week.

Dontay McNeill, 19, turned himself in Monday morning on a murder warrant, Maj. David Lapatin said. The warrant had been issued for McNeill in the death of Manee Castillo off Manton Avenue on July 28.

Castillo, 20, was the city’s fifth homicide victim. Police previously said the shooting came after an altercation near Castillo’s home on Herschel Street.

McNeill was arraigned Monday in District Court, Providence. He was held without bail. Because the murder and weapons charges are felonies, he did not enter a plea.

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