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Teen Charged With Taking Evidence From Scene Of Stamford McDonald's Murder

STAMFORD, Conn. -- Stamford police made a third arrest Wednesday in connection with the shocking stabbing death of a 52-year-old man in front of a downtown McDonald's a week ago. 

A small shrine has been built in honor of Antonio Muralles of Stamford near the spot where he was stabbed to death at the McDonald's in downtown Stamford.

A small shrine has been built in honor of Antonio Muralles of Stamford near the spot where he was stabbed to death at the McDonald's in downtown Stamford.

Photo Credit: Frank MacEachern

On Wednesday, Stamford police investigators secured an arrest warrant for a 17-year-old Stamford resident who is associated with two people -- a 15-year-old from Stamford and a 22-year-old from New Haven -- who have already been arrested and charged with murder.

The third suspect, identified only as a 17-year-old Stamford boy, was taken into police custody Wednesday on Sherman Street and remanded to the Bridgeport Juvenile Detention Center. He will be arraigned Thursday on a charge of second-degree hindering prosecution. 

After reviewing video from the area on that night, the teen can be seen leaving the scene with possible evidence, said a police statement.

At about 8:15 p.m. March 11, Antonio Muralles of Stamford was stabbed to death in a confrontation that began after he accidentally spilled a coffee on 15-year-old Marquest Hall who was in a group of four to five people outside the McDonald's on Bedford Street, police said.

Despite apologies from Muralles, Hall attacked him and stabbed him in the heart, police said. The group then fled the scene. Muralles died early Thursday at Stamford Hospital after undergoing emergency surgery, police said.  

On Monday, Stamford police arrested Hall, who is charged as an adult in the crime and is considered the lead attacker, and 22-year-old James McLamb of New Haven. Each was charged with murder and held on $2 million bond.

A modest memorial has sprung up outside the McDonald's in honor of Muralles. 

Police investigators received a lot of information and video evidence from people who were "sickened" about the attack, Capt. Richard Conklin said.

Police worked around the clock in investigating the murder, the first of the year in Stamford, said Lt. Diedrich Hohn. An important break came when an eyewitness came forward.

"Her information really blew the case wide open," he said.

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