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Suspect In Upper West Side Barber Shop Shooting Arrested In North Carolina

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police have arrested a man they said fired shots into an Upper West Side barber shop last week -- allegedly gunning for a 12-year-old boy.

Joshua Wilson, 17, was arrested in Johnston County, North Carolina and is awaiting extradition to New York.

Police said he was seen on security video firing shots into the shop on Columbus Avenue near 105th Street.

Bullets narrowly missed the child and landed in a cushion.

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