NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A suspect wanted for fatally shooting a rival outside a Queens NYCHA development in October was arrested in South Carolina, police said Wednesday.
According to officials, 35-year-old Daniel Vargas was returned to New York City on Tuesday after he was arrested by U.S. marshals on Dec. 2 in Greenville, South Carolina.
Vargas was wanted for the Oct. 10 shooting death of 37-year-old Kareem McCarthy on 10th Street at 40th Avenue at the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City during a confrontation that happened just before 2 a.m., authorities said.
McCarthy was shot in the chest and rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell where he was pronounced dead.
Police said the men had rivals for about a decade.
Officials were able to track Vargas down after obtaining surveillance footage of both men together and the license plate of the car he fled in.
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