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Two Suspects in Brockton Park Killing Captured in Lewiston

A Marshals-led fugitive task force tracked them to Lewiston for arrest ahead of extradition.

Overview

  • Michael Thompson, 35, was arrested in Lewiston, Maine on a homicide warrant in the killing of 40-year-old Mike Jonas.
  • Dayana Slade, 25, was taken into custody in the same operation and faces a charge of accessory after the fact.
  • Prosecutors say the Sept. 23 shooting at Brockton’s Finnegan Park followed a fight, with Jonas and a second person struck by gunfire and Jonas later pronounced dead at Brockton Hospital.
  • Investigators report surveillance video showing the suspected shooter leaving in a black Nissan Rogue with Slade and another woman.
  • The arrests involved the U.S. Marshals Service, Massachusetts State Police units, the Maine Violent Offender Task Force and Lewiston police, and both defendants are set for arraignment in Maine before extradition to Massachusetts.