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Police Arrest Suspect Accused Of Murdering Local Firefighter

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Police have arrested a 35-year-old man accused of murdering a local firefighter.

John Hickey was found murdered in his Upper Fells Point apartment last week.

The suspect's name has not been released at this time.

Baltimore police say a welfare check Thursday led them to the 1800 block of East Pratt St., where they found Hickey shot in the head inside his locked apartment.

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Nothing inside the apartment had been taken.

There will be a service held for Hickey on Thursday at 1 p.m. Haight Funeral home in Sykesville.

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