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Man charged in Aug. 28 fatal shooting near Upton Avenue

17-year-old also is charged in the attempted robbery and shooting incident that left 18-year-old Demonte Hartfield dead.

TOLEDO, Ohio — A man has been arrested as a suspect in a double shooting in central Toledo on Aug. 28 that left one person dead. 

Larry Norman, 21, has been charged with murder and aggravated robbery. Norman was in Toledo police custody on Sept. 3 on unrelated charges, police say. 

Credit: Toledo Police
Larry Norman has been charged with murder and aggravated robbery in a fatal shooting incident that took place Aug. 28 on Upton Avenue.

The shooting happened just before noon Aug. 28 near Upton Avenue and Dorr Street.

Toledo Police say two armed suspects attempted to rob the occupants of a home on the 1200 block of Upton Avenue. 

That's when one of the occupants shot both suspects. 

One suspect, 18-year-old Demonte Hartfield, was treated at the scene and transported to a local hospital where he later died. 

The other suspect, a 17-year-old, was also admitted to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  

The 17-year-old was released from the hospital and was booked into the Lucas County Juvenile Justice Center on charges of murder and aggravated robbery.

The investigation is ongoing.

This marked the 39th homicide of 2020. The city saw 38 homicides in all of 2019 and 36 in 2018.

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