Feds suspect of arresting a 20-year-old in the Bronx with a firearm near a Police Athletic League center; “Good news,” says the teen’s adoptive father.

The foster father from the Bronx was thankful Friday for the capture of a teen murder suspect in his family’s care.

“Good news. It was a long time ago. We were waiting for them to grab him,” Howard Campbell told the Daily News of the January 19 arrest during the shooting of 15-year-old Josue López-Ortega.

“We have so many good things to say about Josue,” said Howard Campbell. “We are glad. But it’s hard because we don’t want to go through it again.”

Jamir Scarbro

Authorities said Jameer Skarbro, 20, was taken into custody at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday. He was arrested by a task force of US Marshals.

Skarbro is accused of killing Josue outside the PAL South Bronx Center. As a result of the incident, a 16-year-old teenager was also injured in the leg.

Campbell said he did not recognize Skarbro’s photograph.

Josue, a 16-year-old injured boy, and several others were leaving a basketball game at the PAL facility on Longwood Avenue, off Fox Street in Longwood, at approximately 8:50 p.m. on January 19, when a gunman jumped out of a jeep and shot three times at crowd.

Police guard the site where two men were shot dead in front of the Police Athletic League at 991 Longwood Avenue in the Bronx on January 19, 2023.

Josue was hit on the head and fell to the pavement. Sources said at the time that the injured teenager managed to stumble around a corner, away from the gunshots.

Josue, who lived in Laconia, died the next day at Lincoln Hospital along with his foster mother.

Shooting victim Josue López-Ortega, 15.

“He was a good loving boy. He left for school at noon and said, “See you at 7:30, be safe,” his adoptive mother, Natalie Campbell, said at the time. Former teachers described Josue as a “good kid”.

Scarbrough remained in custody Friday night at the Mecklenburg County Jail in Charlotte. It is not yet clear when he will be extradited to the Bronx.

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